Mrs. Pargeter's Plot: A Mrs. Pargeter Mystery - Hardcover

Brett, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684837145 ISBN 13: 9780684837147

Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD, 1998

Synopsis

Of all Simon Brett's literary creations, none is more adored by mystery fans than the resourceful Mrs. Pargeter, the delightful, middle-aged widow whose late, lamented husband made his living in sometimes nefarious ways.
Whatever his faults - and Mrs. P. won't hear a word of them - the gentleman loved his wife with unquestioned devotion. Together, they had hoped to build their dream house on a large plot of land an hour or so from London, a task that Mrs. P. must now sadly carry on by herself.
Her builder is Concrete Jacket, one of Mr. P.'s longtime associates, who has an unfortunate history of sudden incarceration during construction jobs. But Concrete promises Mrs. P. to avoid any shenanigans that might lead to confinement and to finish the job on time.
And he just might have kept his promise, had not an inconvenient dead body turned up in the house's new wine cellar. Even more "inconvenient" for the builder, the victim had threatened Concrete and was shot with Concrete's gun.
Things look bad both for Concrete and the house. And that's not all. Mrs. Pargeter has an unwelcome roommate at the elegant Greene's Hotel in London - a monkey named Erasmus who throws wet banana on anyone foolish enough to try to remove him from the premises.
Who killed the man in the wine cellar and who dumped Erasmus in the hotel? Such questions boggle the mind, but Mrs. Pargeter is worthy of the challenge.

About this title

About the Author

Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full time. As well as the much-loved Fethering series, the Mrs Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris detective series, he has written a number of radio and television scripts. Married with three children, he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs.

You can find out more about Simon at his website: www.simonbrett.com

Synopsis

Mrs. Pargeter begins building her dream house on the land left to her by her late husband, but construction is delayed when a body is discovered in her wine cellar and her builder is arrested for murder.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684837145
• ISBN 13: 9780684837147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 249