Bone Idle (Superintendant Bone Mystery #6)
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- Synopsis
- [from inside dust jacket flaps:] "It seems like the best of both worlds for Superintendent Robert Bone and his new bride, Grizel: a holiday that combines Bone's passion, a stately houses tour, with a visit to Grizel's friend, Jane, and her husband, Lord Benet Paisley Roke. Roke Castle is on the tour, and, with Roke's penchant for wicked practical jokes--an alligator in the swimming pool, a skeleton in the oubliette--it promises to give full entertainment value. But when an unpopular tour-party guest takes a fatal tumble, and Roke himself is brutally murdered, no one is laughing. For once on the scene of the crime as it happened, Bone---as a potential suspect--has no authority to investigate. He also must endure being grilled by the local Chief Inspector, a working-class boor who seems delighted by a nasty rumor that gives Bone motive as well as opportunity to shove the hapless tourist over the battlements. While the abrasive C.I. continues his interrogations--Lord Roke gave almost everyone, save the butler, ample reason to do him in--Bone joins Roke's two youngest sons in a frantic search for their father's will. Roke's cryptic clues lead everywhere, from the castle's ancient privies, to the library and its collection of rare erotica, to the magnificent gallery filled with Japanese armor. For the boys, the treasure hunt is a welcome distraction. But the press is camped on the doorstep, and the beleaguered adults can only wonder whether Roke would have skipped this last prank if he'd known he was going to be murdered. For Grizel and Bone, who must snatch their tender moments amidst the chaos, it is an odd honeymoon: a foretaste of their future life together. As Grizel helps Jane cope with the duties of a bereaved widow, Bone cannot resist carrying out a few discreet inquiries. And, in the explosive aftermath of the reading of the will, Bone--in a flash of sudden, blinding clarity--must spring into action, racing to stop a bold and reckless killer who is poised to strike again."
- Copyright:
- 1993
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 311 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780671735319
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Date of Addition:
- 07/23/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Jill Staynes and Margaret Storey
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Evan Reese
- Proofread By:
- Lissi
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.