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OverviewGeorgette Heyer's brilliant and highly acclaimed series of detective novels, now in a handsome new package When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper. After all, she had warned him about his blood pressure. But a post-mortem determines that the cause of death is much more sinister. Murder. By poison. Suspicion falls immediately amongst his bitter, quarrelsome family. Each has a motive; each, opportunity. It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde to sift through all the secrets and lies and discover just who killed Gregory Matthews, before the killer strikes again... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Georgette Heyer (Author)Publisher: Cornerstone Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.223kg ISBN: 9780099493648ISBN 10: 0099493640 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 06 April 2006 Recommended Age: From 0 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAuthor of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of fifteen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. She wrote twelve detective stories, which earned her much critical acclaim and the title 'Queen of Crime.' Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |