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by Georgette Heyer

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From the publisher

A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller!

"Miss Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me." --Dorothy L. Sayers

Every family has secrets, but the Fountains' are turning deadly?

On a dark night, along a lonely country road, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a young lady in distress and discovers a sports car with a corpse behind the wheel. The girl protests her innocence, and Amberley believes her?at least until he gets drawn into the mystery and the clues incriminating Shirley Brown begin to add up?

In an English country-house murder mystery with a twist, it's the butler who's the victim, every clue complicates the puzzle, and the bumbling police are well-meaning but completely baffled. Fortunately, in ferreting out a desperate killer, amateur sleuth Amberley is as brilliant as he is arrogant, but this time he's not sure he wants to know the truth?

PRAISE FOR WHY SHOOT A BUTLER?

"If genteel mysteries are your cup of tea, you have here a steaming teapot just waiting to be poured."-- Bestsellers

"Georgette Heyer is second to none."-- Sunday Times

"Heyer is an author to read ? this means you!"--New York Herald Tribune

"Sharp, clear, and witty"-- New Yorker

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  • Title Why Shoot a Butler?
  • Author Georgette Heyer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 6th Print
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Sourcebooks Landmark, NAPERVILLE, IL.
  • Publication date 2009-04
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9781402217951 / 1402217951
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.9 x 5 x 0.9 in (17.53 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, England
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008037831
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

The late Georgette Heyer was a very private woman. Her novels have charmed and delighted millions of readers for decades, though she rarely reached out to the public to discuss her works or private life. She was born in Wimbledon in August 1902. She wrote her first novel, The Black Moth, at the age of fifteen to amuse her convalescent brother; it was published in 1921 and became an instant success.

Heyer published 56 books over the next 53 years, until her death from lung cancer in 1974. Known as the Queen of Regency romance, Heyer's large volume of works also included mysteries and historical fiction. Her barrister husband, Ronald Rougier, provided many of the plots for her detective novels, which are classic English country house mysteries reminiscent of Agatha Christie. Heyer was legendary for her research, historical accuracy, her inventive plots and sparkling characterization. Her last book, My Lord John, was published posthumously in 1975.

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