The Corpse of St James's

✍ Scribed by Dams, Jeanne M

• Book ID: 107557912
• Publisher: Severn House
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 148 KB
• Series: Dorothy Martin 12
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781780102955

✦ Synopsis

“Fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers will enjoy this very traditional British cozy” Booklist - Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, have just visited Buckingham Palace, where Alan was awarded the George Cross, when they and a friend, retired Chief Inspector Jonathan Quinn, stumble across the body of a young girl hidden in St James’s Park. Wondering what led to the unfortunate girl’s demise, Dorothy can’t help but get involved in the case when Jonathan calls the next day and admits he knew who the victim was . . .

From Booklist

Dorothy Martin, the American-born schoolteacher and amateur sleuth who makes her home in England, returns in this new entry in a popular series. On a visit to Buckingham Palace, Dorothy and her husband, Alan, a retired chief constable, discover a dead body in a private section of St. James’s Park. As it turns out, Dorothy and Alan’s friend, a former chief inspector, knew the victim, and the friend asks Dorothy if she could, discreetly, try to find out what happened to the victim. Fans of British cozies will enjoy this one very much (although readers who prefer more action might find it a bit lethargic. Martin isn’t quite as engaging a character as Hilda Johansson, heroine of Dams’ other series, and the contemporary setting isn’t quite as compelling as Hilda’s early-1900s environment, but Martin’s fans—of all her work—should be pleased. --David Pitt

Review

"The latest for Dorothy (The Evil That Men Do , 2012, etc.) is one of Dams’ better mysteries, packed with the details sure to delight anglophiles."
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