-Titulo Original : A Place Of Safety A Chief Inspector Barnaby Novel (chief Inspector Barnaby Novels, 6)
-Fabricante :
St. Martins Griffin
-Descripcion Original:
Charlie Leathers was not the most popular man in the charming English village of Ferne Basset, but few people seemed to hate him enough to murder him. Still, that was his fate one night, and it brings Inspector Barnaby to the scene to investigate. What Barnaby doesnt know is that before his death, Charlie witnessed what might have been the suicide--or murder--of a young woman whose troubles with the law have landed her in the home of a local retired minister and his none-too-pleased wife. Now a man is dead, a girl is missing, and a town is in chaos as long-kept secrets begin to unravel, with deadly repercussions. Review “Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie.” The Sunday Times of London“Wonderful...A delightful tale...Told in graceful prose and populated with carefully drawn characters, A Place of Safety is a marvelous treat.” The Denver Post“[A Place of Safety] is cause for celebration...Thoroughly charming...Intensely pleasurable reading.” Booklist From the Back Cover THE SMALLER THE TOWN, THE DEADLIER THE SECRETS... When sour Charlie Leathers and his dog disappear into thin air, his neighbors in the small, sleepy English village of Ferne Basset are more concerned about the dog than they are about Charlie. Everyone assumes that Charlie will show up...sooner or later. But nobody expects it when he shows up dead. With one man dead and a mysterious young woman missing, Chief Inspector Barnaby must race to uncover the secrets of love and greed hidden beneath a cozy village veneer. Now it seems that this safe little town is anything but -- and that one of its quirky inhabitants possesses the motive and the means to murder... About the Author Caroline Graham was born in Warwickshire, England. Her first Inspector Barnaby novel, The Killings at Badgers Drift, was selected as one of the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time by the Crime Writers Association.
-Fabricante :
St. Martins Griffin
-Descripcion Original:
Charlie Leathers was not the most popular man in the charming English village of Ferne Basset, but few people seemed to hate him enough to murder him. Still, that was his fate one night, and it brings Inspector Barnaby to the scene to investigate. What Barnaby doesnt know is that before his death, Charlie witnessed what might have been the suicide--or murder--of a young woman whose troubles with the law have landed her in the home of a local retired minister and his none-too-pleased wife. Now a man is dead, a girl is missing, and a town is in chaos as long-kept secrets begin to unravel, with deadly repercussions. Review “Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie.” The Sunday Times of London“Wonderful...A delightful tale...Told in graceful prose and populated with carefully drawn characters, A Place of Safety is a marvelous treat.” The Denver Post“[A Place of Safety] is cause for celebration...Thoroughly charming...Intensely pleasurable reading.” Booklist From the Back Cover THE SMALLER THE TOWN, THE DEADLIER THE SECRETS... When sour Charlie Leathers and his dog disappear into thin air, his neighbors in the small, sleepy English village of Ferne Basset are more concerned about the dog than they are about Charlie. Everyone assumes that Charlie will show up...sooner or later. But nobody expects it when he shows up dead. With one man dead and a mysterious young woman missing, Chief Inspector Barnaby must race to uncover the secrets of love and greed hidden beneath a cozy village veneer. Now it seems that this safe little town is anything but -- and that one of its quirky inhabitants possesses the motive and the means to murder... About the Author Caroline Graham was born in Warwickshire, England. Her first Inspector Barnaby novel, The Killings at Badgers Drift, was selected as one of the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time by the Crime Writers Association.


