#2 Kate Shackleton

A Medal for Murder

Frances Brody
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“Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs… They make excellent heroines.”  --Literary Review A pawn-shop robbery It's no rest for the wicked as Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case. But exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to Harrogate - and murder is only one step behind ... A fatal stabbing A night at the theatre should have been just what the doctor ordered, until Kate stumbles across a body in the doorway. The knife sticking out of its chest definitely suggests a killer in the theatre's midst. A ransom demand Kate likes nothing better than a mystery - and nothing better than solving them. So when a ransom note demands £1,000 for the safe return of the play's leading lady, the refined streets of Harrogate play host to Kate's skills in piecing together clues - and luring criminals out of their lairs…
Genres: MysteryHistorical FictionFictionHistoricalHistorical MysteryCrimeAudiobookCozy MysteryBritish LiteratureDetective
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