The Mucklington Murders: A PC Bailey Mystery (The PC Bailey Mysteries) - Softcover

Mills, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1516954955 ISBN 13: 9781516954957

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

The year is 1938 and all is not well in the picturesque English village of West Mucklington Parva. For a start there has been a death. The widow, Rose Stimper has died leaving a great deal of money. In her Will she has left strict instructions that the villagers should hold a General Meeting and anyone who wants to, should put forward their ideas as to how to the money should be used for the good of the village. Everyone should then vote and the winner gets the money. This has caused bitter rivalry between the would-be inheritors resulting in many harsh words and open threats being overheard in the lanes, in the Pig & Whistle and even the village square. The day of the General Meeting has arrived and the candidates who have registered an interest with the Parish Council as per the widows’ instructions prepare to make their ideas known to all. To some people the whole idea of what they could use the money for was nothing more than a bit of fun and a chance to stand up and have a say... There were others however who took it very, very seriously indeed, you might say there were some who might even commit MURDER. The Candidates are: The Reverend Cecil Smeeton – The Vicar of West Mucklington Parva Gino Vincenzi – A local Hotelier Kate Rimehill – The maid from Mucklington Manor Marmaduke Manger – Village Squire and Lord of the Manor Buffy Manger – Lord Manger’s wife Harry Clott – An under- gardener at the Manor House

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Mills is head of library, art and archives collections at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Previously he was head of collections at the Natural History Museum in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1516954955
• ISBN 13: 9781516954957
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158