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Loading... Mrs., Presumed Dead (original 1988; edition 1990)by Simon Brett
Work InformationMrs, Presumed Dead by Simon Brett (1988)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Easy-reader. Pargeter is like a sledgehammer at times. Also, somewhat repetitive with a few things. However, the ending is logical and I did not see it coming. Pargeter novels are interesting enough, with all their rough spots even, to want to continue the short series. Good for a tea-in-mug day read. ( ) Brett, Simon. Mrs., Presumed Dead. 1988. Mrs. Pargeter No. 2. Thorndike Press, 1990. Mrs. Pargeter is the widow of a successful man whose business trips would not all have been approved by the local constabulary. He willed her a pistol, a sword cane, and a set of burglar’s tools. He also bequeathed to her an address book filled with experts of various criminal skills. She herself never participated in her husband’s adventures, but all his accomplices promised to look after her. So, when she sets out to solve a murder in a stuffy, racist middle-class neighborhood, she knows just who to call to get the research help she needs. Brett is a master of the form and is a writer who can make the objects of satire suffer bleeding wounds before they know they have been cut. 4 stars. Very Enjoyable! This was better than the other books in this series, there was more interaction with other probable suspects, and there was more of a mystery with who the corpse was, what became of the corpse. We got to meet more of her late husband's "co-workers". There was just more going on and for me that made this a better read. The M-book in the ABC-roundabout. Much to my regret this book also goes to the next reader in the roundabout. I have too much of a backlog in reading to catch up and I decided to send all books I have on my shelf for this one out in one time. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: The prosperous housing estate of Smithyâ??s Loam should be the epitome of middle-class respectability, but Mrs Pargeter decides that thereâ??s something just a little bit odd about her new neighbours. When the central heating breaks down, she decides to contact the former occupants, the Cottons, for advice. But the address to which they should have moved doesnâ??t exist and Mr Cottonâ??s employers seem to have no trace of him. Then Mrs Pargeter finds an unposted letter addressed to the Church of Utter Simplicity â?? and begins to wonder, where are th No library descriptions found.
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