Death of an Old Girl

By Elizabeth Lemarchand

Book Overview

A classic cosy mystery from a master of the genre Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, M C Beaton, Sophie Hannah and Faith Martin.

How do you solve a village murder when everyone is under suspicion...?

1966, Rural England

Shockwaves are sent through the sleepy village of Trill when a woman's body is discovered in a local school.

Beatrice Baynes - interfering, overbearing and spiteful - was not well liked. But no one expects a body to be found on their doorstep... And how did the annual festival at Meldon School turn from a light-hearted celebration to a gruesome crime scene?

With the local constabulary completely stumped, Scotland Yard's Chief Detective Inspector Pollard and Detective Sergeant Toye are called in to investigate.

But the further Pollard & Toye delve into their inquiries, the more complicated the case becomes...

Death of an Old Girl is the first cosy village mystery in the Pollard & Toye crime series: an intriguing police procedural set in rural England.

'This is a real genuine police-detective story, and a first-class one at that ... altogether I would call this a hundred-per-cent winner' - Guardian

'In the best Agatha Christie tradition' - Argosy

'The characters ... are expertly developed. Lemarchand builds her tale to a satisfying conclusion' - ALA Booklist

'An engrossing British murder mystery' - Drood Review

'an entertaining nod to the Golden Age' - In Reference To Murder Blog

'An excellent example of the classic British mystery' - Romantic Times

'a charming little book' - Noah's Archives Blog

'an excellent mystery'- My Reader's Block Blog

'a nice comfy, intellectual mystery' - AQ's Reviews

THE POLLARD & TOYE INVESTIGATIONS SERIES
Book One: Death of an Old Girl
Book Two: The Affacombe Affair
Book Three: Alibi for a Corpse
Book Four: Death on Doomsday
Book Five: Cyanide With Compliments
Book Six: No Vacation From Murder
Book Seven: Buried in the Past
Book Eight: Step in the Dark
Book Nine: Unhappy Returns
Book Ten: Suddenly While Gardening
Book Eleven: Change for the Worse
Book Twelve: Nothing to Do with the Case
Book Thirteen: Troubled Waters
Book Fourteen: The Wheel Turns
Book Fifteen: Light Through Glass
Book Sixteen: Who Goes Home?
Book Seventeen: The Glade Manor Murder

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912546736
• ISBN13: 9781912546732
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Sapere Books
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Girls' school murder

During the end of the year ceremonies at Meldon School for Girls, one of the former students (the "old girl" from the title) criticizes the new administration, the new teaching staff, the new curriculum. But the headmaster is used to Beatrice Baynes' objections and takes no notice. But someone must take notice when her dead body is found in the art building. There are lots of suspects: the headmaster herself, the art teacher and her patron, the goddaughter and the nephew of the victim. Scotland Yard, in the form of Inspector Pollard and Sergeant Toye, must untangle all the motives and see who the real murderer is.I enjoyed this book. I like the English mysteries. The setting is completely foreign to me, since I know nothing about private (or as they call it, Public) school. But I liked it anyway.