Mrs Jeffries Plays The Cook
By (Author) Emily Brightwell
Little, Brown Book Group
Constable
5th March 2015
5th March 2015
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
256
Width 108mm, Height 178mm, Spine 18mm
159g
One of London's best known (and least liked) businessmen is murdered, and once again Mrs Jeffries has to help the Inspector solve the case.
This charming series of Victorian murder mysteries features mild-mannered Inspector Witherspoon of Scotland Yard and, more importantly, Mrs Jeffries, his housekeeper. A policeman's widow herself,her quick wits allow her to nudge the Inspector in the right direction to solve the crime.It's murder most English all the way! - The Literary Times
Having married an Englishman in 1976, Cheryl Arguile lived near London for a while before moving back to California, where she had been brought up. She then decided to embark on a writing career first as a romantic novelist (Sarah Temple) and later writing for young adults (Cheryl Lanham) but is best known as Emily Brightwell for the Mrs Jeffries series.