The Death at Yew Corner (The Lyon and Bea Wentworth Mysteries #5)
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- Synopsis
- A no-nonsense politician and her children&’s author husband search for answers to a retirement-home homicide in this gripping small-town murder mystery. Fabian Bunting wheels herself down the hallway of the nursing home, opera glasses clutched in her gnarled old hands. Outside, nurses on strike have formed a picket line, and Fabian wants to watch the commotion. As she peers through her binoculars, she sees something incredible: two men beating another senseless and tossing the victim into the back of a van. One of the thugs sees her, and before she can call for help, he has raced upstairs and tossed the helpless old woman into a scalding steam bath to boil alive. In her younger days, Fabian was a brilliant scholar, and the favorite professor of Connecticut politician Bea Wentworth, who has just been defeated in a re-election campaign. Bea refuses to believe her old teacher&’s death was an accident and begins investigating. With the help of her husband, Lyon, a hot-air ballooning children&’s author, she&’ll find the answers to Fabian&’s grisly murder lie at the center of an impossible locked-room puzzle. The Lyon and Bea Wentworth Mysteries are unique for their blend of traditional mystery elements and hard-driving, page-turning action. &“[This] is the most traditional book in the series to date,&” wrote the New York Times. &“It also may be the best.&” The Death at Yew Corner is the 5th book in the Lyon and Bea Wentworth Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. &“[Forrest] writes with a sure hand, and as always, leavens the writing with a touch of humor. . . . A neat, well-plotted, expertly written job.&” —The New York Times Praise for the Lyon and Bea Wentworth Mysteries &“[A] superb novel of detection . . . An intricate plot intelligently controlled.&” —Publishers Weekly on A Child&’s Garden of Death &“The writing is stylish and the plotting swift and well knit: a pleasure.&” —Booklist on The Pied Piper of Death
- Copyright:
- 1980
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 182 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781504037877
- Publisher:
- MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
- Date of Addition:
- 12/16/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Richard Forrest
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.