num_pages: 320
description: Every family has secrets, but the Fountains' are turning deadly...On a dark night, along a lonely country road, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a young lady in distress and discovers a sports car with a corpse behind the wheel. The girl protests her innocence, and Amberley believes her;at least until he gets drawn into the mystery and the clues incriminating Shirley Brown begin to add up.In an English country house murder mystery with a twist, it's the butler who's the victim, every clue complicates the puzzle, and the bumbling police are well meaning but completely baffled. Fortunately, in ferreting out a desperate killer, amateur sleuth Amberley is as brilliant as he is arrogant, but this time he's not sure he wants to know the truth...
language: English
title: Why Shoot a Butler?
titlecomplete: Why Shoot a Butler?
characters: Frank Amberley
genres: Historical, Crime, British Literature, Historical Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 4981
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Arrow