Mrs. Malory and Death By Water
Hazel Holt

“Sheila Malory, the fifty-something British writer and amateur sleuth, inhabits a finely textured universe. Sink comfortably with the heroine into a burnished old pub or a cup of tea…Full of elegant shadings of place and character and appealing local color.”—Booklist

Sheila Malory takes on the unenviable task of sorting through her dear friend Leonora’s voluminous estate when she passes on. Although she was in her 80s, dying from drinking contaminated water seems an unfitting end for a former journalist whose life was the stuff of novels. But as the main obstacle to a local land development, her demise was very convenient for certain interested parties. And as questions arise about the will and strangers come out of the past, Mrs. Malory investigates whether the source of the contamination—and Leonora’s death—was due to natural causes.

“Mystery fans will enjoy Holt’s stylish writing, dry wit, and clever plot.”—Booklist

“The very model of the modern mystery cozy.”—Publishers Weekly

Signet (Mystery), January 2003
248 pages ISBN: 0451208099
Paperback (reprint)
$5.99

Also by Hazel Holt:
Mrs. Malory and A Time To Die, December 2008
Mrs. Malory and A Death In the Family, November 2006
Mrs. Malory And No Cure for Death, October 2005
Mrs. Mallory and the Silent Killer, March 2004
Mrs. Malory and Death in Practice, July 2003
Mrs. Malory and the Delay of Execution, June 2002
And the Dying is Easy, June 2001
Mrs. Malory and the Lilies That Fester, June 2001
Mrs. Malory and the Fatal Legacy, April 2000
Mrs. Malory Death Among Friends, June 1999
Mrs. Malory: Detective in Residence, December 1998
Mrs. Malory and the Only Good Lawyer, December 1998
Mrs. Malory Death of a Dean, December 1997
Mrs. Malory Wonders Why, November 1996
Mrs. Malory’s Shortest Journey, June 1995
Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder, July 1994
Mrs. Malory Investigates, July 1994

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