A gentleman of fortune
By: Anna Dean
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: The Dido Kent series
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780753184783; 9780753184790
Subjects: Upper class families; Fiction; History; Rich people; Death
Description: Miss Dido Kent has developed a taste for mysteries and is finding the quiet holiday at her cousin Flora's home rather unchallenging to say the least. So when a neighbour dies suddenly, leaving her entire estate to her young nephew, Miss Dido can't help but be suspicious. When the local doctor pronounces an overdose as the cause of death and publicly accuses the nephew of killing his aunt, Flora prevails upon her cousin's mystery-solving capabilities to prove the nephew innocent. Miss Dido can hardly refuse. After all, what harm can a little investigating do? With dirty dealings and death amongst Richmond's upper classes, Miss Dido Kent is ideally placed to observe her neighbours', and brings more to light than she could have imagined ...
Notes: Originally published: London: Allison & Busby, 2009.