The Wild Wood Enquiry: An Ivy Beasley Mystery
By (Author) Ann Purser
Penguin Putnam Inc
Berkley Prime Crime
1st May 2012
United States
General
Fiction
FIC
Paperback
304
Width 105mm, Height 172mm
150g
Things are quiet at the Springfield's Home for the Elderly until Gus' ex wife shows up looking for a place to hide. With jewels missing and foul play all around, it looks like another job for Ivy and her team of amateur sleuths. As their small village is plunged into turmoil, with intrigue and suspicion lurking around every corner, can the super senior sleuth find the answers before some is seriously hurt
Ivy Beasley is a truly unique character, a kind of cross between Jessica Fletcher, Miss Marple, and Mrs. Slocum. Fresh Fiction
Ann Purser is also the author of the Lois Meade Mysteries. She was born in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, and has lived most of her life in villages. She has turned her hand to many things, including journalism (as a columnist for SHE magazine), keeper of hens and donkeys, art gallery manager, clerical assistant in a village school, Open University graduate, novelist, mother of three, wife of Philip Purser, critic and writer. She is an avid reader of detective stories.