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''Animal lovers will delight'' Ann Granger on The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn

''A real treat . . . I loved it. Cats, dogs, murder and a credible and relatable heroine'' Barbara Nadel on The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn

Driving home from a ceramics evening class, Clarice Beech reflects on the absence of one of her students, Colin Compton-Smythe. Later, Emily, Colin''s daughter, telephones to say her father has died during routine surgery. Distraught, Emily opens up to Clarice about his wretched childhood and the day five-year-old Colin returned home to discover Avril, his mother, gone. Colin never believed she would have left without him and had been trying to find out more about Avril''s disappearance all those years ago.

Clarice readily agrees to accompany Emily to Colin''s funeral. On arriving at the stunning Victorian Gothic manor house, with Bellatrix, the majestic st

The Missing Wife and the Stone Fen Siamese

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/06/2022
      ISBN13: 9780349135212, 978-0349135212
      ISBN10: 0349135215

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Animal lovers will delight'' Ann Granger on The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn

      ''      A real treat . . . I loved it. Cats, dogs, murder and a credible and relatable heroine'' Barbara Nadel on The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn

      Driving home from a ceramics evening class, Clarice Beech reflects on the absence of one of her students, Colin Compton-Smythe. Later, Emily, Colin''s daughter, telephones to say her father has died during routine surgery. Distraught, Emily opens up to Clarice about his wretched childhood and the day five-year-old Colin returned home to discover Avril, his mother, gone. Colin never believed she would have left without him and had been trying to find out more about Avril''s disappearance all those years ago.

      Clarice readily agrees to accompany Emily to Colin''s funeral. On arriving at the stunning Victorian Gothic manor house, with Bellatrix, the majestic st

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