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    Dangerous Deceit, A

    By Marjorie Eccles

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    February, 1927. The remains of an unidentified middle-aged man are found beneath the snow in the grounds of Maxtead Court, home of the wealthy Scroope family. Meanwhile, Margaret Rees-Talbot is preparing for her wedding to the Rev Symon Scroope - to the disapproval of some residents of the small market town of Folbury, who think it's too soon after the death of Margaret's father Osbert, found drowned in his bath a few months previously. An accident - or was there more to it than that?

    Before he died, Osbert had been writing an account of his experiences as a soldier during the Second Boer War. But what really happened in South Africa back in 1902? Could there be a connection to his death?

    Then a second death occurs. And it becomes increasingly clear to the investigating DI Herbert Reardon that at least one Folbury resident has a shocking secret to hide.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSevern House Publishers
    Release dateDec 1, 2013
    ISBN9781780104577
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    Marjorie Eccles

    Marjorie Eccles was born in Yorkshire and has since spent some time on the Northumbrian coast. Marjorie has written mainly crime novels, but also some romantic fiction. She is the author of the ‘Gill Mayo’ mystery series.

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      A Dangerous Deceit by Marjorie Eccles is a murder mystery set in the English countryside of Folbury in the 1920s. Margaret Rees-Talbot is excited about her approaching marriage to Simon Scroope, who is both a Vicar and a member of the British aristocracy. But her happiness is overshadowed by her grief over the recent death of her father, Boer War hero Osbert Rees-Talbot, whom she had idolized. There is deep concern that her father might have committed suicide.And in a strange coincidence the body of an unknown man is discovered buried on the family estate around the same time. When a third suspicious death of a local businessman occurs, it can no longer be brushed aside as coincidence. Arthur Aston had been Osbert Rees-Talbot's personal servant during the Boer War. Detective Inspector Herbert Reardon and Sergeant Joe Gilmour have their work cut out for them to discover if the deaths are connected.A Dangerous Deceit centers on a long-buried secret from the Second Boer War, with dishonest business dealings, aristocracy, spendthrift heir, an ambitious journalist and policemen taking the story back and forth. The characters are enjoyable though a bit sagging. The plot is a little too slow-paced. Mystery lovers will still find a lot of pleasure out of it.