Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 1
Coffin, Scarcely Used
Did a surfeit of marshmallows lead to Marcus Gwill's death by electrocution - or was foul play involved?
A Flaxborough Mystery 5
Charity Ends at Home
Colin Watson
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“I am in great danger … I know that murder is going to be the reward for my uncomplaining loyalty.”
This letter containing heartfelt and urgent pleas for help is received by three very eminent citizens of Flaxborough, including the Chief Constable himself. So when one of the town’s most tireless charity workers, Mrs Henrietta Palgrove, is found the wrong way up in her garden pond, a connection seems likely.
Yet Detective Inspector Purbright finds the case does not quite add up and it takes the acute wits of his old friend, the ever-charming Miss Lucilla Teatime, as well as the more unwitting help of Mortimer Hive, indifferent private investigator and accomplished ladies’ man, to tease out the real murderer.
Witty and a little wicked, Colin Watson’s tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.
Other books in the series
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 2
Bump in the Night
When vandalism turns to murder in the quiet town of Chalmsbury, Inspector Purbright is called in to investigate.
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 3
Hopjoy Was Here
The inhabitants of 14 Beatrice Avenue have disappeared, and something very disagreeable seems to be lurking in the drains…
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 4
Lonelyheart 4122
When the Flaxborough butcher's sister-in-law disappears, the trail leads to a local lonely hearts agency...
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 6
The Flaxborough Crab
An elderly sex-pest, nicknamed the ‘Flaxborough crab’, is at large in Flaxborough. Will DI Purbright catch him in his net?
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 7
Broomsticks over Flaxborough
When freethinking Edna Hillyard goes missing at the Folklore Society's "revels", could evil forces be at play?
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 8
The Naked Nuns
When the bitter rivalry between Flaxborough's leading fat-cat businessmen ends in murder, DI Purbright is on the case.
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 9
One Man’s Meat
A charming conman has more than dodgy dog food on his plate when ruthless villainy and murder break out in Flaxborough.
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 10
Blue Murder
A pornographic movie leads investigative journalists to Flaxborough, but before long the subject has switched to murder...
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 11
Plaster Sinners
A knock-out plaster cottage at Flaxborough’s antiques auction leads to a tale of heirlooms and murder.
Humorous Mystery and Crime
A Flaxborough Mystery 12
Whatever’s Been Going on at Mumblesby?
When an art-loving solicitor dies in the posh neighbouring village of Mumblesby, a tale of blackmail emerges...
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