A medal for murder / Frances Brody.
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TextSeries: Kate Shackleton mysteryPublication details: New York : Minotaur Books, 2013.Description: 424 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0312622406 (hardcover)
- 9780312622404 (hardcover) :
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Main Library | Mystery | Brody Frances | KS 2 | Available | 33111007077221 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs... They make excellent heroines." -- Literary Review
Frances Brody's "refreshingly complex heroine" ( Kirkus Reviews ), picks up a case that takes her to the refined streets of 1920s Harrogate in A Medal for Murder
A pawn-shop robbery
It's no rest for the wicked as Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case. But exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to Harrogate - and murder is only one step behind ...
A fatal stabbing
A night at the theatre should have been just what the doctor ordered, until Kate stumbles across a body in the doorway. The knife sticking out of its chest definitely suggests a killer in the theatre's midst.
A ransom demand
Kate likes nothing better than a mystery - and nothing better than solving them. So when a ransom note demands £1,000 for the safe return of the play's leading lady, the refined streets of Harrogate play host to Kate's skills in piecing together clues - and luring criminals out of their lairs...
"A Thomas Dunne book."
Originally published: London : Piatkus, 2010.
Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case in 1922 England. Exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to Harrogate, and murder is only one step behind. A night at the theatre should have been just what the doctor ordered, until Kate stumbles across a body in the doorway. The knife sticking out of its chest definitely suggests a killer in the theatre's midst. Kate likes nothing better than a mystery, and nothing better than solving them. So when a ransom note demands £1,000 for the safe return of the play's leading lady, the refined streets of Harrogate play host to Kate's skills in piecing together clues -- and luring criminals out of their lairs.