Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder
Hazel Holt

The case of the dead literary lion

Character assassinations take place daily in genteel Taviscombe, particularly between long-time residents and upstart newcomers. But genuine bloody murder almost never happens in the cozy English Village—until the Taviscombe Festival. Sometime between the dulcet Madrigal and the scrumptious buffet served at stately Kinsford Manor, the fifty-something writer, animal lover, and amateur sleuth, feels especially shaken by the discovery. Her knowledge of village animosities tells her a long list of suspects live uncomfortably close to home. Now that the high-strung and universally hated Adrian is dead, the pudgy wife he flagrantly cheated on is behaving oddly, and the TV producer whose secrets he threatened to expose seems to be gloating. Yet it is one unexpected bit of gossip that puts Mrs. Malory herself in danger…as she may know too much for a desperate killer to bear.

Signet (Mystery), July 1994
ISBN #0451180151
Paperback (reprint)
$3.99

Also by Hazel Holt:
Mrs. Malory and Any Man's Death, December 2009
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 Death By Water, January 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 and the Only Good Lawyer, December 1998
Mrs. Malory: Detective in Residence, 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 Investigates, July 1994

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