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Current format, Book, 2008, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsBea Abbott goes undercover to investigate after her friend Velma Weston's stepson is accused of stealing a pre-Raphaelite painting and the murder of Lady Lucinda Farne.
A widowed amateur sleuth shadows an international art thief from London to Bruges in this “sprightly second cozy” by the author of False Charity
Bea Abbot doesn’t do murder. The modest agency she runs from her Victorian home in Kensington is better at finding good domestic help and the best caterers. Yet how can she turn away her oldest friend? Velma’s prodigal stepson Philip has vanished. So has a valuable pre-Raphaelite painting from the home of Philip’s eccentric godmother, Lady Lucinda Farne. Seeing that Lucinda’s been stabbed to death, she can’t possibly clear Philip’s name. But Bea can. At least that’s what Velma hopes.
Now Bea must locate a runaway bad boy, track down a valuable Millais, and solve a deadly crime. Of course, if Philip didn’t do it, that means Bea and her wily young undercover assistant will be tangling with someone far more dangerous—a professional well-schooled in the art of murder.
An Abbot Agency Mystery - Velma is charm itself, especially when shes being inexact with the truth. Now she wants Bea, widowed owner of the Abbot Agency, to check up on her stepson Philip, as hes somehow acquired a valuable picture last seen in the flat of an elderly lady whos been murdered. However, a professional art thief is also after the picture. Can Bea locate Philip and the missing Millais without falling foul of someone who already has several murders to his credit?
A widowed amateur sleuth shadows an international art thief from London to Bruges in this “sprightly second cozy” by the author of False Charity
Bea Abbot doesn’t do murder. The modest agency she runs from her Victorian home in Kensington is better at finding good domestic help and the best caterers. Yet how can she turn away her oldest friend? Velma’s prodigal stepson Philip has vanished. So has a valuable pre-Raphaelite painting from the home of Philip’s eccentric godmother, Lady Lucinda Farne. Seeing that Lucinda’s been stabbed to death, she can’t possibly clear Philip’s name. But Bea can. At least that’s what Velma hopes.
Now Bea must locate a runaway bad boy, track down a valuable Millais, and solve a deadly crime. Of course, if Philip didn’t do it, that means Bea and her wily young undercover assistant will be tangling with someone far more dangerous—a professional well-schooled in the art of murder.
An Abbot Agency Mystery - Velma is charm itself, especially when shes being inexact with the truth. Now she wants Bea, widowed owner of the Abbot Agency, to check up on her stepson Philip, as hes somehow acquired a valuable picture last seen in the flat of an elderly lady whos been murdered. However, a professional art thief is also after the picture. Can Bea locate Philip and the missing Millais without falling foul of someone who already has several murders to his credit?
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