This Private Plot

Description

If a blackmail letter drives a man to suicide, is the sender guilty of murder? "Yes," says Oliver Swithin, author of bestselling Finsbury the Ferret children's stories and amateur sleuth, who is on holiday in an ancient village. A midnight streak with his naked girlfriend - Scotland Yard's Effie Strongitham - abruptly ends in the discovery of a

Alan Beechey was born in England and grew up in London. He moved to Manhattan in his twenties and now lives with his three sons in Rye, New York, a city named after the English seaside town where his grandmother was born. This Private Plot is the third title featuring children's book author and amateur sleuth Oliver Swithin and his girlfriend, Scotland Yard detective Effie Strongitharm. They first met in An Embarrassment of Corpses, which The Bookshop Blog included in its list of the ""Best 100 Mysteries of All Time,"" and reappeared in Murdering Ministers. Alan is also the co-author of a non-fiction book on American culture and values.

"This snarky cozy is full of humor and British quirkiness. Agatha Christie meets Monty Python."--Barbara Bibel "Booklist " "The author provides numerous colorful suspects and several red herrings leading up to a riotous, yet suspenseful resolution that takes place during the final scene of the Hamlet performance."--Publishers Weekly "This Private Plot is the third in the Oliver Swithin series. As with the previous two books, a subtle humor floats through the story, bringing a touch of whimsy to a serious plot. Delightful."--Bookloons "This Private Plot is a wildly successful book - witty and light-footed, but with some serious crime-novel momentum. I hope Alan Beechey is at his desk right now, because I want to read another Oliver Swithin book in the next ten minutes."--Charles Finch, author of the Charles Lenox mysteries "...delicious dialogue, ridiculously eccentric English characters: utter heaven and worth the long wait."--Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author