The lifeline /
Mayhew, Margaret, 1936-
The lifeline / Margaret Mayhew. - First world edition. - 182 pages ; 23 cm - A village mystery ; [6] . - Mayhew, Margaret, 1936- Village mystery ; 6. .
"Following the untimely death of her mother, Ursula Swynford, Ruth Harvey has taken over the manor in Frog End, where she runs a successful plant-selling business and provides gardening therapy for an increasing number of her husband Dr Tom Harvey's troubled patients: embittered Lawrence Deacon, lonely Joyce Reed, widowed Tanya Carberry and wheelchair-bound Johnny Turner, the young victim of a horrific motorbike crash. Gardening at the manor quickly becomes a much-needed lifeline for the group, and all seems to be going well - until the major stumbles across a body among the tomato plants in one of the greenhouses. Once again, the manor is the scene of a brutal murder - and, once again, the Colonel reluctantly finds himself drawn into solving the mystery."--Publisher description.
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019633523 Uk
Colonel (Fictitious character from Mayhew) --Fiction.
Frog End (England : Imaginary place)--Fiction.
Businesswomen--Fiction.
Gardening--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Villages--England--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
The lifeline / Margaret Mayhew. - First world edition. - 182 pages ; 23 cm - A village mystery ; [6] . - Mayhew, Margaret, 1936- Village mystery ; 6. .
"Following the untimely death of her mother, Ursula Swynford, Ruth Harvey has taken over the manor in Frog End, where she runs a successful plant-selling business and provides gardening therapy for an increasing number of her husband Dr Tom Harvey's troubled patients: embittered Lawrence Deacon, lonely Joyce Reed, widowed Tanya Carberry and wheelchair-bound Johnny Turner, the young victim of a horrific motorbike crash. Gardening at the manor quickly becomes a much-needed lifeline for the group, and all seems to be going well - until the major stumbles across a body among the tomato plants in one of the greenhouses. Once again, the manor is the scene of a brutal murder - and, once again, the Colonel reluctantly finds himself drawn into solving the mystery."--Publisher description.
0727890425 9780727890429
GBB9J4650 bnb
019633523 Uk
Colonel (Fictitious character from Mayhew) --Fiction.
Frog End (England : Imaginary place)--Fiction.
Businesswomen--Fiction.
Gardening--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Villages--England--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.