Murder on a summer's day
By: Frances Brody
Series: A Kate Shackleton mystery
Published: 2014
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780750539371
Subjects: Kate Shackleton (Fictitious character); Fiction; Women private investigators; History
Description: When amateur sleuth detective Kate Shackleton receives a dawn telephone call from her cousin James, his news snaps Kate into wakefulness. The India Office seek her on-the-spot help in finding a Maharajah, last seen on the Bolton Abbey estate. He has with him a hugely valuable diamond. Investigative successes and good family connections put Kate in the highly trusted category ... Perceived as 'establishment', Kate feels and outsider in her sympathies. One thing she is sure of: her own skills and insights. Qualities that she is sure will help her unravel the latest disappearance on that fateful summer's day ...
Notes: Originally published: London: Piatkus, 2013.