Theft on Thursday (Lois Meade Mystery) - Softcover

Purser, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425207471 ISBN 13: 9780425207475

Publisher: Berkley, 2006

Synopsis

A friend has asked working-class mother and housecleaner Lois Meade to help crack a case. It looks like the handsome new choirmaster may have been poisoned. Soon, Lois finds herself untangling a web of secrets, bigotry, and intrigue-and can't let the culprits get away clean.

About this title

About the Author:

Ann Purser was born in Market Harborough in Leicestershire and has lived most of her life in villages. She has turned her hand to many things, including journalist (as a columnist for SHE magazine), keeper of hens and donkeys, art gallery owner, clerical assistant in a village school, Open University graduate, novelist, mother of three, wife of Philip Purser, critic, and writer. She is an avid reader of detective stories.

From Booklist:

For Anglophiles and fans of the British cozy, Purser's latest entry in her Lois Mead series is just the ticket. The book, which is liberally sprinkled with wry British humor, offers a realistic look at English village life and the travails of a typical English working-class family. Lois has been busy managing her successful housecleaning business since her last encounter with policeman Hunter Cowgill (when she helped solve the kidnapping of two neighbors).Now Cowgill wants Lois' help to uncover a local gang of Satanists. Lois already has plenty to worry about--her mother suffers a life-threatening case of flu, and not one but two of her employees appear to be having an affair with the vicar's godson. But her troubles pale when the parish verger dies in mysterious circumstances and a fire at the local vicarage kills the vicar's godson. Suspicion points to the Satanists. Clever, engaging, and suspenseful, this is Purser's best Lois Mead adventure yet. Recommend it heartily to all village cozy fans. Emily Melton
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About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0425207471
• ISBN 13: 9780425207475
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 288