Mrs. Pargeter's Package - Hardcover

Brett, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750501308 ISBN 13: 9780750501309

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991

Synopsis

Inside jacket description: "Mrs. Pargeter feels passionately about points of honor. Where there is an obligation, you do your part to make it right - especially if the obligation has to do with your departed and much-loved husband! The late Mr. Pargeter earned his magnificent living in somewhat dubious - some might even say criminal - ways, but when it came to Mrs. Pargeter and his duty to friends, he was a paragon of virtue. Nothing was too good for them. If they needed help, he was there. Mrs. Pargeter doesn't know Veronica Chastaigne, widow of one of Mr. Pargeter's colleagues in crime, but when the terminally ill woman summons her to her stately home to ask for help, Mrs. Pargeter is more than ready to carry on in Mr. Pargeter's tradition. The task will not be easy. If ever anyone required assistance, it's Veronica, whose husband had once promised to keep her in style. Keep her he did: in a mansion surrounded by master works of art - a Rembrandt, a DaVinci, a Van Gogh, she has them all. The only problem is that they were 'borrowed' from galleries and collectors around the world. Veronica had never saught such a list of treasures and, before she dies, she wants to make things right. Can Mrs. Pargeter and her late husband's associates, Trufflerr Manson, Hedgeclipper Clinton, Hamish Ramon Hendriques, and Palings Price, return the paintings? It's like stealing in reverse - returning the works of art so that the owners never know where they have been and how they have reappeared. There are, of course, a few troubling details, such as customs inspectors and security systems. There is also the fact that somebody else is after the paintings. And there is the minor problem of two policemen who are in pursuit.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

On a tour of Greece, the mature and spirited Melita Pargeter, last seen in Mrs . Presumed Dead , takes on a case more substantial than her earlier challenges. When she agreed to join recently widowed Joyce Dover on holiday, Melita knew she was apt to encounter the moodiness of the freshly bereaved. But Joyce appears to be importing a bottle of the Greek liqueur ouzo from England, and talks about her husband controlling her from the grave. When she is found dead, an apparent suicide, Melita has even more on her hands than she bargained for--including the mysterious package she has smuggled through customs for her friend. Brett, also the author of the Charles Paris mysteries, is at his best here contrasting the sunburned secretaries and complaining couples on the inexpensive package tour with plump and plucky Melita, who even in the face of murder can observe that marble flooring is easily wiped clean of bloodstains. Mystery Guild selection.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0750501308
• ISBN 13: 9780750501309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 245