The sixth Ellie Quicke mystery It seemed an innocent request: would widowed Ellie Quicke visit a man whose dog died in an accident? The dog's master - a powerful but unpleasant businessman - believes he was the intended target, and that an old enemy is responsible. Feuding financiers are bad news not only for the City where jobs are at stake, but also for Ellie, who can't fill in a tax return without help. The feisty widow already has more than enough to cope with. Aunt Drusilla's health is failing, her bullying daughter Diana is in financial crisis, and her architect cousin Roy mixed up in one of the tycoon's shadier deals - which happens to threaten the future of the parish. Ellie discovers the tycoon has made more enemies than the Government, though not all of them are as helpless as they seem. Standing up for herself and other victims of the financier, Ellie waltzes straight into the firing line.
Murder By Committee: Ellie Quicke Series, Book 6
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"Ellie's return to the world of romance livens this well-clued whodunit" Kirkus Reviews "A delicious, traditional English cozy, complete with village setting, hidden motives, and quirky characters" Library Journal "...the fourth in this engaging cozy series" Publisher's Weekly "A fine balance of outer sleuthing and inner delving" Kirkus Reviews on Murder in the Garden
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Veronica Heley is married to a probation officer with a musician daughter and is actively involved in her local church and community affairs. She lives in Ealing, West London.
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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Ellie is reluctantly called in by neighbour Kate to try and discover who poisoned a wealthy financier's dog. It is soon apparent that the poison was meant for the financier himself, who Ellie takes an instant dislike to. It is clear there is more going on than anyone will tell her, and when Ellie's unpleasant daughter Diana becomes involved with the finacier in order to solve her own financial problems, it is clear she has put Ellie's own life in danger. Arthur Kingsley will stop at nothing to achieve what he wants, and the site of Ellie's house could be ripe for re-development. Ellie finds an unlikely ally in untangling the whole problem in Arthur Kingsley's wife - Felicity. But she needs help from all her wide network of friends in order to survive. A brilliantly complicated plot and a look at the world of high finance make this a very readable addition to the Ellie Quicke series.
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