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In the middle of the war in 1942 Bletchley Park is making some great gains in decrypting German messages. But one MI5 agent thinks that there are German spies on British soil who are trying to steal information to undermine BP's success. In the Lake District, Lady Marmalade is called to a murder. A young woman died on a farmer's field the morning after she rented a room from him. Her dying deed was to thrust a crumpled note into his hand for delivery...
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In 1946 Lady Marmalade is visiting her friend Flo in Puddle's End for some much needed rest after the chaos of the Second World War. Florence has other ideas and encourages Lady Marmalade to help her solve an unsolved murder of the church Deacon from 1929.
But as they unravel the thread of this murder it leads them to some unsavory discoveries about current day Puddle's End. The idyllic hamlet is hiding some dark secrets. And it would appear that...
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Three seemingly disparate events might have a connection and it'll be up to Frances, Great Britain's best female sleuth to solve that riddle. In 1910 a botched burglary of a jewelry store in East London leads to the Houndsditch Murders. A group of Eastern European anarchists headed by a George Gardstein are caught as they're just about to break into the jewelry store. In the milieu that follows, three British bobbies are murdered as the gang of anarchists...
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Some families cultivate flowers, others cultivate dark secrets!
From stolen gold, opium dens and dark secrets, comes a tale of astonishing intrigue the likes of which Lady Marmalade has never before encountered.
In the sleepy hamlet of Puddle's End, betrayal and deceit turn to murder. A sweet woman murdered in her greenhouse. Her philandering cad of a husband murdered next.
Is someone trying to kill a whole family, or could it be historical backwash...
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Frances is taking her dear friend, Florence Hudnall on a four-week holiday through Egypt to explore the ancient secrets that she holds. It has been a lifelong dream of hers.
But when they arrive in Cairo things start to go terribly wrong. Albert and Abigail are bickering over returning stolen treasures, and the rest of the guests are not all that they seem to be.
One murder might be explained by the curse of the pharaohs, but when two more bodies...
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Lady Marmalade's first mystery. Visiting some friends, Lord and Lady Apleby turns out to be a dangerous affair. For the kitchen maid at least, who ends up dead.
How did she die and who would want to kill her is up to Lady Marmalade and Inspector Devlin Pearce to determine. Making their work even harder are the five suspects who all had reason to kill her.
The Lord of the manner who was having an affair with her. The Lady who was upset at her cheating...
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Grab the 4th, 5th and 6th novels of the Lady Marmalade cozy mystery series in one three pack!This three pack of mystery novels featuring the female British detective, Lady Marmalade, include Phantoms of the Pharaoh, The Baron at Bishops Avenue and The Priest At Puddle's End.Phantoms of the PharaohFrances is taking her dear friend, Florence Hudnall on a four week holiday through Egypt to explore the ancient secrets that she holds. It has been a life...
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Frances is involved in her very first case as a young woman of 17. At the turn of the twentieth century, Mr. Chamberlain's housekeeper, Mrs. Buckham, at his London home is charged and convicted of murdering his personal secretary, Mr. Sefton. In her final year at St. Mary's all girls shool, Frances, with her best friend Florence, is reading The Observer at a tea room and learning about the miscarriage of justice and the lazy police work that led to...
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The child becomes a man. The man a murderer!
If the Second World War is not bad enough, perhaps letters threatening murder will do the trick.
It seems that the sins of the father are to befall the mother. A neighbor of Lady Marmalade has been threatened by anonymous letters.
In the midst of a crumbling, war torn London, Lady Marmalade must uncover the author of these dastardly letters or murder will be served.
But uncovering this mystery will mean...
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Four Red Diamonds Contains the first 4 Lady Marmalade Mysteries:
Poisoned Heart
Visiting some friends, Lord and Lady Apleby turns out to be a dangerous affair. For the kitchen maid at least, who ends up dead.
How did she die and who would want to kill her is up to Lady Marmalade and Inspector Devlin Pearce to determine. Making their work even harder are the five suspects who all had reason to kill her.
The Lord of the manner who was having an...
11) Heartless
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Lady Marmalade is taking the Flying Scotchman up to York. She needs to attend to some financial affairs related to the estate of her deceased husband, Eric.
It is a time of reflection and Lady Marmalade is eager to get onto the train and away from the cacophony of the train station.
However, the train will not offer the respite she requires. During dinner on the trip to York, Major Jasper Moss is murdered. He wasn't a nice man, but he didn't deserve...
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The 1920s in the UK and the USA were tough for many. There was prohibition in the States. And of course with the Great Depression a fella couldn't drink his sorrows away. That left murder as consolation.
But for the Woolsack, the United Kingdom's Speaker of the House, life couldn't be better. A beautiful wife, arguably the most powerful position in politics next to the Prime Minister, and a side business supplying the Americans illicit liquor.
Life...
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Beggar's Pardon:
Some families cultivate flowers, others cultivate dark secrets!
From stolen gold, opium dens and dark secrets, comes a tale of astonishing intrigue the likes of which Lady Marmalade has never before encountered.
In the sleepy hamlet of Puddle's End, betrayal and deceit turn to murder. A sweet woman murdered in her greenhouse. Her philandering cad of a husband murdered next.
Is someone trying to kill a whole family, or could it be...
14) Gandhi's Sorrow
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At a children's orphanage violence erupts!
In the front of the great Mahatma Gandhi and Lady Marmalade a murder takes place at a peaceful rally.
But nobody saw anything. From the slums of Calcutta, the Salt March and Britain's House of Lords, the suspects looms large and the motives are many.
Why would violence tug at the corners of the greatest man of peace? This intriguing cozy mystery spans the globe and international relations.
Full of puzzling...
15) Loose Lips
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Lady Marmalade's second mystery.
It's just after the end of the Second World War and Lady Marmalade is looking forward to a nice relaxing holiday in Hightown. The war has been terribly stressful on everyone and Lady Marmalade's good friends, Harry and Genevieve Appleback have invited her over for some much needed R n' R and Irish Sea air.
But what should have been a relaxing holiday turns out to be a workout for Lady Marmalade's little gray cells.
Nana...
16) Misery's Company
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Misery's Company is Lady Marmalade's fourth mystery.
In Misery's Company, Lady Marmalade is having a few guests over for dinner and company at her 'cottage' called Avalon at Ambleside in the picturesque Lake District.
Sir Anthony Gibbons is a teller of engaging tall tales. A retired surgeon who was friend to both Lady Marmalade and her husband Eric, Sir Tony regales the dinner guests with a true story of a murder most foul in Australia.
Lady Marmalade's...
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