Murder at Mallowan Hall #1

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As head of household for none other than Agatha Christie, Phyllida Bright finds her position includes polishing silver, serving luncheonsand drawing inspiration from the crime authors fictional detectives when mysterious deaths at Mallowan Hall baffle her famous employer

Tucked away among Devons rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright manages the large household with an iron fist in her very elegant glove. In one respect, however, Mallowan Hall stands far apart from other picturesque country houses. For the manor is home to archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wifeAgatha Christie

Phyllida is both loyal to and protective of the crime writer, who is as much friend as employer. An aficionado of detective fiction, Phyllida has yet to find a gentleman in real life half as fascinating as Mrs. Agathas Belgian hero, Hercule Poirot. But though accustomed to murder and its methods as frequent topics of conversation, Phyllida is unprepared for the sight of a very real, very dead body on the library floor

It soon becomes clear that the victim arrived at Mallowan Hall under false pretenses during a weekend party. And when another dead body is discoveredthis time, one of her housemaidsPhyllida decides to follow in M. Poirots footsteps to determine which of the Mallowans guests is the killer. Now only Phyllidas wits will prevent her own story from coming to an abrupt end