Death and the Dutiful Daughter: A Tessa Crichton Mystery by Anne Morice Paperbac

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A mystery, first published in 1973.

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'Going somewhere nice for lunch?' he enquired.'No, ' I said. 'As a matter of fact, I'm going straight back to the country. Something tells me there isn't a minute to lose.'The scene of the crime is a large Victorian Rectory. An aged and famous opera singer dies; she has been ill for some time and initially her death would appear to be natural. But her will, signed on the day she died, causes both astonishment and considerable ill-feeling among her kin. Then two more sinister deaths occur at the Rectory . . .Tessa Crichton, soignée actress and inadvertent sleuth, is an old friend of the family. Under the circumstances she can't resist investigating, while her detective husband, Robin Price of Scotland Yard, works on another case near by. Tessa's imagination and powers of deduction are brilliant as ever. By twists and turns she reaches the solution, but not without a measure of danger to herself - and just a little help from the local police.Death and the Dutiful Daughter was originally published in 1973. This new edition features an introduction and afterword by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.'Anne Morice has a gift for creating intelligent, affection-generating characters, set in light and entertaining atmospheres.' Spectator'Relaxing, polished entertainment of high order.' Daily Telegraph

Author Biography

Anne Morice, née Felicity Shaw, was born in Kent in 1916. Her mother Muriel Rose was the natural daughter of Rebecca Gould and Charles Morice. Muriel Rose married a Kentish doctor, and they had a daughter, Elizabeth. Muriel Rose's three later daughters-Angela, Felicity and Yvonne-were fathered by playwright Frederick Lonsdale. Felicity's older sister Angela became an actress, married actor and theatrical agent Robin Fox, and produced England's Fox acting dynasty, including her sons Edward and James and grandchildren Laurence, Jack, Emilia and Freddie. Felicity went to work in the office of the GPO Film Unit. There Felicity met and married documentarian Alexander Shaw. They had three children and lived in various countries. Felicity wrote two well-received novels in the 1950's, but did not publish again until successfully launching her Tessa Crichton mystery series in 1970, buying a house in Hambleden, near Henley-on-Thames, on the proceeds. Her last novel was published a year after her death at the age of seventy-three on May 18th, 1989.

Details ISBN1913527999 Author Anne Morice Series The Tessa Crichton Mysteries Year 2021 ISBN-10 1913527999 ISBN-13 9781913527990 Publication Date 2021-04-05 Pages 204 UK Release Date 2021-04-05 Format Paperback Place of Publication Salisbury Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-04-05 NZ Release Date 2021-04-05 Subtitle A Tessa Crichton Mystery Series Number 5 Audience General Publisher Dean Street Press Limited Imprint Dean Street Press Limited We've got this

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