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The Property of Lies: A 1930sa Historical Mystery (Herbert Reardon Mystery)
The Property of Lies A 1930sa Historical Mystery - Herbert Reardon Mystery Author:Marjorie Eccles DI Herbert Reardon is drawn into a world of secrets and lies when a body is discovered at a girls' boarding school. — 1930. When a body is discovered on the premises of the newly-established Maxstead Court School for Girls, Detective Inspector Herbert Reardon is called in to investigate. His wife Ellen having just accepted a job as French teacher... more », Reardon is alarmed to find the school a hotbed of scandalous secrets, suppressed passions, petty jealousies and wanton schoolgirl cruelty. As he pursues his enquiries, it becomes clear that the dead woman was not who - or what - she claimed to be. Who was she really - and why is Reardon convinced that more than one member of staff is not telling him the whole truth?
Then a pupil goes missing - and the case takes a disturbing new twist ...« less
ISBN-13: 9780727893925 ISBN-10: 0727893920 Publication Date: 9/30/2018 Pages:352 Edition:Large type / large p Rating: