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The ramshackle old house, with its rambling charm is beloved of Peter, Margaret and Celia, who have inherited it from their uncle. But local wisdom says The Priory is haunted. Then a murder is committed. Does the key to the crime lie in the realm of the supernatural? Or is the explanation much... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Charles Malcolm: Celia's ever-complaining, wisecracking, and ironic husband
- Mr Peter Fortescue: Margaret and Celia's honest, loyal, but not overly clever brother
- Miss Margaret Fortescue: Celia's steadfast and sensible, yet somewhat adventurous sister
- Mrs Celia Malcolm (nee Fortescue): Charles's wife and Margaret and Peter's sister, she's lovable but overemotional
- Mrs Lillian Bosanquet: Aunt of Peter, Margaret, and Celia. Prim, proper, and opinionated lady who acts almost as a parent to these adult children who have inherited the local Priory
- M. Duval: An alcoholic and eccentric French painter of Modern canvases who lives outside the village
- Mr Michael Strange: A vacationing Londoner staying at the Bell Inn
- Mr Wilkes: Proprietor of the Bell Inn
- Mr Titmarsh: A brusque, old entomologist who collects rare moths in the neighbourhood
- Mrs Emma Bowers: The Priory's cook and sometime housekeeper
- James Fripp: WWI batman for Draycott in the Army, and now Draycott's assistant in solving crimes
- Mr Michael Draycott: Undercover officer of the CID
- Mrs Pennythorne: Local gossip and annoying wife of the Vicar
- Inspector Tomlinson: Tight-lipped detective inspector from nearby Manfield
- Mr Milbank: Add a description of this character.
- Constable Flinders: Bumbling local policeman and part-time gardener from the village near the manor
- Mrs Roote: The local doctor's friendly wife
- Mr Bowers: Trustworthy valet and butler at the Priory
- Spindle: Bartender in the Mill Inn's tap room
- Dr Roote: The local physician, known to be a tippler
- Mr Pennythorne: The dull local Vicar, knowledgable in Norma and Early English architecture
- Colonel Ackerley: A congenial, tennis-playing former military man in India, he owns the White House; he neither drinks nor collects moths, and is a confirmed bachelor
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"And I suppose this is the approach-course," said Charles Malcolm. "Full of natural hazards."
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Georgette Heyer Mysteries. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Georgette Heyer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd.
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Publication Date: 1932
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1932
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 352
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