Assassins at Ospreys - Hardcover

Raichev, R.T.

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ISBN 10: 1569475059 ISBN 13: 9781569475058

Publisher: Soho Constable, 2008

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Praise for R.T. Raichev:

“Fascinating.”—Lady Antonia Fraser, author of the Jemima Shore series

“Agatha Christie fans will find much to like in this traditional whodunit.”—Publishers Weekly

“Antonia Darcy is a terrific sleuth, and Raichev is a very clever writer, indeed.”—Booklist

“Fans of cozies will love the light touch.”—Kirkus Reviews

Mystery writer Antonia Darcy and her husband, Major Hugh Payne, are persuaded to visit a fan’s home. They become suspicious when the dying master of nearby Ospreys leaves his fortune to her.

R.T. Raichev’s previous novels are The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette and The Death of Corinne.

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About the Author:

R.T. Raichev is a researcher and writer who grew up in Bulgaria and wrote a university dissertation on English crime fiction. He is the author of five novels in the Antonia Darcy series and has lived in London since 1989.

From Publishers Weekly:

At the start of Raichev's stylish third novel to feature mystery writer Antonia Darcy and her husband, Maj. Hugh Payne (after 2007's The Death of Corrine), the couple attend a literary festival in Hay-on-Wye. There they reluctantly befriend two unusual women—a femme fatale in a wheelchair, Beatrice Bee Ardleigh, and Bee's austere companion, Ingrid Delmar—whom Hugh dubs Goldilocks and Cerberus. A few months later, Antonia and Hugh accept Bee's invitation to come see her in Oxfordshire, where Bee has just made a controversial marriage and Ingrid has been impersonating Bee on visits to a dying neighbor who plans to leave his home, Ospreys (The secret house of death they used to call it), to the National Trust. The twisty plot thickens with the murder of a shady, Chartreuse-drinking priest at Ospreys. Deft use of literary allusion and well-drawn if unsubtle characterization are among the strengths of this traditional whodunit. (Apr.)
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