The Discreet Charm Of Mary Maxwell-Hume

Mary Maxwell-Hume is an enigma. She earns a living as a piano teacher, but also belongs to an obscure order of nuns. Their rules appear curious: although the nuns wear red habits occasionally, the order has peculiar dress rules: they wear "only as much as is necessary to preserve due modesty", plus liberal doses of Chanel No.5 perfume. There's the faintest hint that Mary might be a con woman, but she uses her sensual powers in such a way that nobody really minds except for the odious Theodore Plews of Lamberts Auction House in Edinburgh. Anyway, who would dare suggest that a woman of God might not all be all she seems?

Eventually, she engages a young police constable as her faithful "assistant"...

NB: Includes, as bonus story as an Appendix, The Piano Exam. (Free on Smashwords anyway.)

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The Discreet Charm Of Mary Maxwell-Hume

Mary Maxwell-Hume is an enigma. She earns a living as a piano teacher, but also belongs to an obscure order of nuns. Their rules appear curious: although the nuns wear red habits occasionally, the order has peculiar dress rules: they wear "only as much as is necessary to preserve due modesty", plus liberal doses of Chanel No.5 perfume. There's the faintest hint that Mary might be a con woman, but she uses her sensual powers in such a way that nobody really minds except for the odious Theodore Plews of Lamberts Auction House in Edinburgh. Anyway, who would dare suggest that a woman of God might not all be all she seems?

Eventually, she engages a young police constable as her faithful "assistant"...

NB: Includes, as bonus story as an Appendix, The Piano Exam. (Free on Smashwords anyway.)

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The Discreet Charm Of Mary Maxwell-Hume

The Discreet Charm Of Mary Maxwell-Hume

by Gordon Lawrie
The Discreet Charm Of Mary Maxwell-Hume

The Discreet Charm Of Mary Maxwell-Hume

by Gordon Lawrie

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Mary Maxwell-Hume is an enigma. She earns a living as a piano teacher, but also belongs to an obscure order of nuns. Their rules appear curious: although the nuns wear red habits occasionally, the order has peculiar dress rules: they wear "only as much as is necessary to preserve due modesty", plus liberal doses of Chanel No.5 perfume. There's the faintest hint that Mary might be a con woman, but she uses her sensual powers in such a way that nobody really minds except for the odious Theodore Plews of Lamberts Auction House in Edinburgh. Anyway, who would dare suggest that a woman of God might not all be all she seems?

Eventually, she engages a young police constable as her faithful "assistant"...

NB: Includes, as bonus story as an Appendix, The Piano Exam. (Free on Smashwords anyway.)


Product Details

BN ID: 2940154441503
Publisher: Gordon Lawrie
Publication date: 07/17/2017
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 282 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Gordon Lawrie spent thirty-six years teaching Modern Studies in the Edinburgh area, and has written on several educational topics including citizenship, the teaching of politics, and the relationship between education and society. In an earlier part of his life, he was a mediocre pub-style folk singer, singing a mix of his own songs and covers of others. Today he lives in Edinburgh city centre.

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