Murder by Numbers - (A Langham & Dupre Mystery) by Eric Brown (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>December, 1956.</i> Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupré, receives a chilling invitation to attend a death at the home of artist Maxwell Falwell Fenton. Upon arrival, they meet five strangers who have also received numbered invitations. They all had a reason to hate Maxwell, including Maria. And then, someone starts picking off the six, one by one . . .<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i><b>And then there was one . . . can Donald Langham and Maria Dupré stop a killer who's picking off victims one by one?</b></i> <p/> <i>December, 1956</i>. Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupré receives a chilling invitation to attend a death at the home of Maxwell Falwell Fenton in Essex. The once-prominent artist has a number of enemies, and has faded into obscurity since the war ended. Is the invitation to his own death or someone else's? Arriving at Winterfield on a cold winter evening, Donald and Maria meet five strangers who have also received numbered invitations. They all had a reason to hate or fear Maxwell, including Maria, who reveals a secret from her own past. But is she telling the whole truth? The soiree produces a gruesome and dramatic twist, but it's about to get much worse when someone starts picking off the six, one by one. Can Donald untangle lies, betrayal, and incredible revelations to identify the killer before Maria becomes the next victim?<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"Readers will have fun trying to keep pace with Donald and Maria as they piece together a solution . . . a reliably entertaining series that recalls Frances and Richard Lockridge's Mr. and Mrs. North novels" <i>Booklist</i> on <i>Murder Served Cold</i> "Appealing characters, lively dialogue . . . As always, it's a pleasure to spend time in the company of Langham and Dupré" <i>Publishers Weekly</i> on <i>Murder Served Cold</i> "Well-realized characters and a beautifully evoked setting" <i>Booklist</i> on <i>Murder Takes a Turn</i> "Charming . . . Fans of traditional country house mysteries will be gratified" <i>Publishers Weekly</i> on <i>Murder Takes a Turn</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Another fine entry in a reliably entertaining series-- "<b><i>Booklist</i></b> on <b><i>Murder Served Cold</i></b>"<br><br>Appealing characters, lively dialogue, and some thought-provoking observations on post-WWII social changes in Britain-- "<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> on <b><i>Murder Served Cold</i></b>"<br><br>Charming . . . Fans of traditional country house mysteries will be gratified-- "<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> on <b><i>Murder Takes a Turn</i></b>"<br><br>Well-realized characters and a beautifully evoked setting-- "<b><i>Booklist</i></b> on <b><i>Murder Takes a Turn</i></b>"<br><br><i>"A classic English mystery with plenty of unexpected plot twists"</i> - <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> <p/> <i>"Clever plot twists spin the dramatic premise into a gripping tale. Agatha Christie fans will have fun"</i> - <b>Publishers Weekly</b> <p/> <i>"Brown ... has a real knack for historical mystery; his version of Britain in the 1950s, especially the social strata that existed at the time, is vividly re-created and striking in its verisimilitude"</i> - <b>Booklist</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Two times winner of the British Science Fiction Award, <b>Eric Brown</b> is the author of thirty science fiction novels and numerous short story collections. He writes a monthly review column for the <i>Guardian</i>. He has written five previous Langham Dupré mysteries, <i>Murder by the Book, Murder at the Chase, Murder at the Loch, Murder Take Three</i> and <i>Murder Takes a Turn</i>. Born in Haworth, West Yorkshire, he now lives near Dunbar in Scotland.
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