Jemima Shore's First Case and other Stories.
by FRASER**, ANTONIA:
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0297789503
- ISBN 13
- 9780297789505
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Antonia Fraser's first collection of short stories is a feast of mingled delight and suspense,for aficionados and others.There are five Jemima Shore stories including the first ever Jemima Shore mystery in which she is involved at the age of fifteen whilst still at her convent school,which featured many years later in
'Quiet as a Nun' - the first full-length Jemima Shore novel - using the same setting and some of the same characters.
Jemima is at her sparkling best as she solves the case of the Parr children up in a remote corner of the Scottish Highlands;
and elegantly deals with the case of a missing bride on a romantic Venetian honeymoon.Nor is she afraid to get wet at the Holland Pools where in-laws feud and plot in the cubicles; and relatives are also closely involved in the murder at Arcangelo's Salon,where Jemima has her hair done. . . .
Among the other riches are four 'real crime' stories - very much on the domestic front.There is the wicked stepmother,Paulina,in 'Death of an Old Dog',the death of a cat is central in another story featuring a loving mother,and there is the case involving Emily who is threatened by a stepfather.We cross the Atlantic for a witty yet sinister tale of literary life,'Have a Nice Death!' Antonia Fraser then moves on to mystery: the ghostly visitor to the bedroom of two children; another child Johnny,whose mother is not as robust as she might be; the mother on her own,who has problems with her Mini; and finally a sophisticated tale about a group of friends holidaying in Tuscany.Most of these novellas have already appeared in various other magazines and anthologies.
Author's 6th published book and uncommon.
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
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- Title
- Jemima Shore's First Case and other Stories.
- Author
- FRASER**, ANTONIA:
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- NFINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297789503
- ISBN 13
- 9780297789505
- Publisher
- LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1986.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1986
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