num_pages: 257
description: Revised edition: This edition of A Quiet Life In The Country includes editorial revisions.Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong her maid and confidante is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and theyve just moved from London to the country hoping for a quiet life.But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. Theres a dead body in the woods and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigationAs Lady Hardcastle and Flo delve deeper into rural rivalries and resentment they uncover a web of intrigue that extends far beyond the village. With almost no one free from suspicion they can be certain of only one fact: there is no such thing as a quiet life in the country.
language: English
title: A Quiet Life in the Country
publisher: Thomas & Mercer