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1) False name
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Bea's life is turned upside down when a man is left for dead outside her agency office in this gripping mystery.
Bea Abbot overhears three men plotting a murder outside her garage, only to discover the intended victim – a young man who appears to be a rough sleeper – has been left there to die in freezing weather. Somewhat reluctantly, she gives him sanctuary but finds him unwilling to disclose his name or talk about his ordeal.
Who is determined...
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 22
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The shocking death of a student in one of her charity's properties draws Ellie into another dark mystery.
Ellie Quicke returns from Canada to find her home in chaos and her housing charity tearing itself apart. A student has fallen to his death from the top of one of the charity's properties, let through a reputable local estate agency. Accused of corruption, the agency is the victim of a vicious social media campaign.
Was the student's death really...
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 21
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While Ellie's away, murder will play...Is the death of Ellie's son-in-law really the result of a burglary gone wrong?
Ellie's absence abroad is disastrous for her daughter, Diana, when her husband is attacked by intruders and left for dead one night, it falls to Ellie's next-door neighbor , Susan, to reluctantly pick up the pieces and take in Diana's children.
Is Evan's death really the result of a burglary gone wrong? Joining forces with her aunt,...
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 15
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Ellie Quicke has her work cut out when past wrongdoings put the future of a child she's grown to love at stake….
Ellie opens the door to a man who is a stranger but instantly recognisable as the father of her housekeeper's brilliant but difficult young son. Mikey had been conceived at a party during which his mother Vera, a schoolgirl, had been drugged and raped. Abdi hadn't wanted anything further to do with her – then. Twelve years later he...
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 16
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Ellie Quicke finds herself the target of a local cult-like church, but are their motives truly Christian or is there darkness at their heart? Ellie is desperate to find someone to look after their elderly housekeeper, whose health is failing. But employing a carer found by Ellie's difficult daughter, Diana, proves to be a mixed blessing when Ellie returns from a trip to America to find that carer Claire has implemented a number of bizarre changes...
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 14
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Ellie's friend on the police force asks her to enquire about some deaths in the community which might or might not be suicide, and various relatives of the deceased confirm their suspicions. Unbeknown to the police, an elderly lady moving in and out of dementia has come across some drugs and is using them to ease people in pain out of their misery. At the same time, the project to turn the quirky, turreted Pryce House into a hotel is dogged by problems...
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 18
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"No good deed goes unpunished, as Ellie Quicke finds out in this engaging and entertaining mystery.Ellie Quicke believes in helping people in trouble. But it would appear that her latest good deed has returned to bite her when she takes in a weeping girl who needs somewhere to stay. Selfish, thoughtless and irresponsible, Angelica is by no means the easiest of house guests, confident that someone else will always pick up the bill. But when a dead...
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 19
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Murder is no joke, as Ellie Quicke is only too aware in this absorbing and entertaining mystery.
Ellie Quicke is shocked when her daughter, Diana, turns up at her door with a suitcase in tow. Bunny Brewster has died of an overdose, and Diana's husband, Evan, is convinced that she is responsible for his friend's death. It seems that Diana and four other neglected, bored wives of Evan's friends recently joked about ways to kill their husbands. Diana's...
17) False pretences
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Severn House
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2010
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Bea Abbot runs a domestic agency that doesn't "do" murder. There's nothing sinister about charity-worker Zander's request for her to join him on a visit to his former boss Denzil's widow. But Zander had exposed the financial scam Denzil was running after which Denzil had, unexpectedly, died. Now the dead man's widow is out for Zander's blood, and the paperwork that proves Denzil's guilt is missing. Denzil's computer could provide the answers, but...
18) Murder in Mind
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 13
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English
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In the new Ellie Quicke mystery, Ellie is forced to think the unthinkable about her own daughter, Diana...Could she be a murderer? - Ellie has always disliked the local big estate agent – aka Great White Shark – and is distressed when her daughter Diana announces that she is carrying his child and about to become his fourth wife. But Ellie is soon drawn into the family circle when one of the Hooper children dies in their private gym and another...
19) False report
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Abbot Agency mysteries volume 6
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Severn House
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2012
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English
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While Bea Abbot worries that she's lost control of her domestic agency, she's asked to find some domestic help for an eccentric musician falsely accused of murder. She doesn't realize how dangerous this might be until Jeremy--fleeing from attempts on his life--lands on her doorstep.
20) Murder in style
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 17
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English
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Ellie Quicke finds you can choose your friends but not your family. Poppy's wealthy father hadn't liked the look of the men whom his twin daughters intended to marry, and had set them up in the Magpie fashion boutique to ensure they would be able to support themselves; at the same time ensuring that the girls made a will in one another's favour.
The business prospered and expanded until, many years later, skeletons start to come out of the closet....
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