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Mrs. Jeffries Stands Corrected
1996
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3.99
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TROUBLE IS BREWING... When a local publican is murdered, stabbed in the back in his own pub, Inspector Witherspoon finally takes Mrs. Jeffries' advice to heart. He's going to trust his own instincts and listen to his inner voice. Only that keeps Mrs. Jeffries in the dark. She must rouse the household staff to action and hope the Inspector doesn't arrest the wrong person before they can solve the case. But as he narrows down the suspects, all that Mrs. Jeffries and the staff can do is cross their fingers and hope that the Inspector doesn't ruin his career—and theirs. A MRS. JEFFRIES MYSTERY She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon...and keeps him on his toes. Everyone's awed by his Scotland Yard successes—but they don't know about his secret weapon. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, Mrs. Jeffries' polished detection skills are up to the task...proving that behind. every great man there's a woman—and that a crime-solver's work is never done.

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Author

Emily Brightwell
Emily Brightwell
Author · 43 books

Cheryl Lanham was born on 11 October 1948 in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, USA. Her family moved to Southern California in 1959 and she grew up in Pasadena. After graduating from California State University, she decided to work her way around the world and took off for England. She didn’t get much further because she met Richard James Arguile, the Englishman who became her husband, got married on May 1976, and had two children, Matthew and Amanda. While working in international shipping, she decided to pursue her dream and become a writer – which, of course, is the best job ever. She has written romance novels as Sarah Temple, and Young Adult novels as Cheryl Lanham. As Emily Brightwell, she is the author of the “Mrs. Jeffries” mysteries. Cheryl Lanham Arguile returned to California, where she lives with her husband and a cranky old cat named Kiwi.

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