After a perfectly decent local woman is killed during a robbery, the Witherspoon household receives a surprising visit from a stranger named Blimpey Groggins. He claims his best buddy was convicted of the crime. He also claims the peaceable chap didn't even know how to fire a gun. And considering he's to be hanged in three weeks, Blimpey's desperate to find the real killer. With the trail cold, the crime allegedly solved, and the evidence mucked up, Mrs. Jeffries and her belowstairs cohorts have their work cut out for them if they want to save an innocent man from the gallows.
Praise for the Mrs Jeffries Mysteries:
'It's murder most English all the way!' The Literary Times
'Fascinating murder mystery . . . wit and style . . . a winning series. Mrs. Jeffries is the Miss Marple of Victorian Mystery' The Paperback Forum
- ISBN10 1436270928
- ISBN13 9781436270922
- Publish Date 2 May 2006 (first published 1 May 2006)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Berkley Prime Crime
- Format eBook
- Pages 224
- Language English