num_pages: 242
description: Thanet's beat remains the town of Sturrenden, his milieu the upper middle classes, his sleuthing style understated and shrewdly intuitive -- when he isn't beset by such family problems as his teenage daughter's posh new boyfriend. The inspector finds a diversion of sorts at a local fete hosted by the prominent Fairleigh family. But then death strikes: someone uses a pillow to suffocate the clan's tough old matriarch only days after she suffers a stroke. Suspects include the immediate family -- a son in politics, a daughter-in-law mourning her baby's death, a timid sister -- and the usual collection of odd servants beloved by British crime writers.
language: English
title: Dead on Arrival
titlecomplete: Dead on Arrival (Inspector Thanet, #6)
genres: Mystery, Fiction, British Literature, Crime, Cozy Mystery, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 690
series: Inspector Thanet
publisher: Crimeline