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Murder at Plum's - Amy Myers
1989 UK hardback first edition, first imperssion published by Headline in London A fine unread book in fine unclipped dust jacket Clean cloth, tight and square usual light paper tan No owner names or stamps etc The wrapper has no loss or tears, clean and bright The third Auguste Didier mystery also featuring Inspector Egbert Rose of Scotland Yard An uncommon and well written Victorian whodunnit
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The blood gushed out, as with a concerted shriek two hundred people saw the farmer's gory head fall into the basket beneath. 'Yowch,' gulped Emma, clutching uncharacteristically on to Auguste Didier's arm, who in truth was hard put to it himself to maintain the calm his masculine pride required. Equanimity was restored when the head was placed on the table and proceeded to have an animated discussion on the rights and wrongs of his decapitation with the black-suited gentleman who had performed the deed. Emma's white kid glove restored itself to its former position, and gasps turned from horror to amazement. For Auguste the glories of Messrs Maskelyne, Devant and Cooke on the first floor of the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly transported him for once far away from the excitements of his duties as maitre chef of Plum's Club for Gentlemen. Yet, as the Gloucestershire-farmer illusion gave place to more gentle spectacles, that niggle at the back of his mind returned. His rational mind had no doubt that the illusions he had seen that evening could be explained in the same way as the wonders of a souffle aux violettes, and the same must therefore apply to the odd occurrences at Plum's |
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