Murder at Mallowan Hall
Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge is a mystery novel published by Kensington on September 27, 2022. This edition features 288 pages and is presented in English. The story centers around Phyllida Bright, the head of household for Agatha Christie, who finds herself embroiled in a series of mysterious deaths at Mallowan Hall, the home of Christie and her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan.
As Phyllida navigates her duties, she draws inspiration from the fictional detectives created by her employer. When a guest is found dead during a weekend gathering, followed by the murder of a housemaid, Phyllida takes it upon herself to uncover the truth. The narrative explores themes of amateur sleuthing and the intricacies of life in a historical setting, as Phyllida employs her wits to solve the crime and protect those she cares about.
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As head of household for none other than Agatha Christie, Phyllida Bright finds her position includes polishing silver, serving luncheons…and drawing inspiration from the crime author’s fictional detectives when mysterious deaths at Mallowan Hall baffle her famous employer…
Tucked away among Devon’s rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright manages the large household with an iron fist in her very elegant glove. In one respect, however, Mallowan Hall stands far apart from other picturesque country houses. For the manor is home to archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wife—Agatha Christie…
Phyllida is both loyal to and protective of the crime writer, who is as much friend as employer. An aficionado of detective fiction, Phyllida has yet to find a gentleman in real life half as fascinating as Mrs. Agatha’s Belgian hero, Hercule Poirot. But though accustomed to murder and its methods as frequent topics of conversation, Phyllida is unprepared for the sight of a very real, very dead body on the library floor…
It soon becomes clear that the victim arrived at Mallowan Hall under false pretenses during a weekend party. And when another dead body is discovered—this time, one of her housemaids—Phyllida decides to follow in M. Poirot’s footsteps to determine which of the Mallowans’ guests is the killer. Now only Phyllida’s wits will prevent her own story from coming to an abrupt end…
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