Threats at Three (Lois Meade Series #10)

by Ann Purser

Overview

When the Long Farden village hall is in danger of being destroyed, the citizens form a committee to save it, with the usual grumps and curmudgeons included. But it seems someone opposes the preservation enough to set the historic building on fire. When a dead body turns up in the canal, Inspector Cowgill fears the dispute is only going to get uglier-and deadlier. Naturally, he turns to Lois Meade to sort out the culprit before the village hall becomes a funeral hall...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425244579
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/01/2011
Series:	Lois Meade Series , #10
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	4.24(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ann Purser is the national bestselling author of the Lois Meade Mysteries and the Ivy Beasley Mysteries.

Editorial Reviews

The woes of a sluggish economy hang over Purser's slow, less than engaging 10th English cozy featuring Lois Meade, who owns New Brooms, a cleaning service in the village of Long Farnden (after 2009's Tragedy at Two). Lois's husband, Derek, and the committee he heads decide that the best way to raise money to restore the dilapidated town hall, popularly known as "the Shed," is to sponsor a "soap box grand prix." Meanwhile, Lois has to worry about the disappearance of the cheeky 13-year-old son of a woman she recently hired whose absentee husband, an unemployed gardener, may be causing trouble. When someone attempts to torch the Shed and a shabbily dressed drowned man surfaces in a canal, Insp. Hunter Cowgill once again turns to Lois for help. As soap box race day approaches, the unflappable Lois must use more than a broom to close another messy case. (Dec.)

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