Death of an Old Girl - Paperback

by Elizabeth Lemarchand (Author)

A classic cosy mystery from a master of the genre! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, M C Beaton, Sophie Hannah and Faith Martin.

How do you solve a village murder when everyone is under suspicion...?

1966, Rural England

Shockwaves are sent through the sleepy village of Trill when a woman's body is discovered in a local school.

Beatrice Baynes - interfering, overbearing and spiteful - was not well liked. But no one expects a body to be found on their doorstep... And how did the annual festival at Meldon School turn from a light-hearted celebration to a gruesome crime scene?

With the local constabulary completely stumped, Scotland Yard's Chief Detective Inspector Pollard and Detective Sergeant Toye are called in to investigate.

But the further Pollard & Toye delve into their inquiries, the more complicated the case becomes...

Death of an Old Girl is the first cosy village mystery in the Pollard & Toye crime series: an intriguing police procedural set in rural England.

'This is a real genuine police-detective story, and a first-class one at that ... altogether I would call this a hundred-per-cent winner' - Guardian

'In the best Agatha Christie tradition' - Argosy

'The characters ... are expertly developed. Lemarchand builds her tale to a satisfying conclusion' - ALA Booklist

'An engrossing British murder mystery' - Drood Review

'an entertaining nod to the Golden Age' - In Reference To Murder Blog

'An excellent example of the classic British mystery' - Romantic Times

'a charming little book' - Noah's Archives Blog

'an excellent mystery'- My Reader's Block Blog

'a nice comfy, intellectual mystery' - AQ's Reviews

THE POLLARD & TOYE INVESTIGATIONS SERIES
Book One: Death of an Old Girl
Book Two: The Affacombe Affair
Book Three: Alibi for a Corpse
Book Four: Death on Doomsday
Book Five: Cyanide With Compliments
Book Six: No Vacation From Murder
Book Seven: Buried in the Past
Book Eight: Step in the Dark
Book Nine: Unhappy Returns
Book Ten: Suddenly While Gardening
Book Eleven: Change for the Worse
Book Twelve: Nothing to Do with the Case
Book Thirteen: Troubled Waters
Book Fourteen: The Wheel Turns
Book Fifteen: Light Through Glass
Book Sixteen: Who Goes Home?
Book Seventeen: The Glade Manor Murder