Armed with a new counseling degree, Patience Price is eager to move back home to Chincoteague Island to help folks with their problems. But she finds the streets awash in more than East Coast charm. Thereβs been a murder, and Adrian Davis, the town golden boy who once stomped her heart into
Murder by the Seaside
β Scribed by Arthur Conan Doyle, Cyril Hare, John Dickson Carr (Carter Dickson), G. K. Chesterton, Anthony Berkeley, Michael Innes, Gladys Mitchell, R. Austin Freeman, G. D. H. & M. Cole and Edmund Crispin
- Book ID
- 110594867
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781800810655
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
It's the height of summer. As the heat shimmers on the streets and ice cream melts onto sticky fingers, tempers begin to rise and old grudges surface. From Cornish beaches to the French Riviera, it's not just a holiday that's on people's minds ... it's murder.In these ten classic stories from writers such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Cyril Hare and Margery Allingham, you'll find mayhem and mysteries aplenty. So grab the suncream and head down to the beach - if you dare.
Stories include:
The Boscombe Valley Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle
Weight and See by Cyril Hare
Error at Daybreak by John Dickson Carr (Carter Dickson)
The Absence of Mr Glass by G. K. Chesterton
Razor Edge by Anthony Berkeley
The Furies by Michael Innes
Daisy Bell by Gladys Mitchell
A Mystery of the Sand-hills by R. Austin Freeman
Superintendent Wilsonβs Holiday by G. D. H. & M. Cole
Man Overboard by Edmund Crispin
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