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Foul Play at Four (Lois Meade Mystery)
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Foul Play at Four (Lois Meade Mystery) Paperback - 2012

by Ann Purser

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A series of robberies have begun to plague Long Farnden, and Lois Meade's own daughter, Josie, is shaken when a thief makes off with a hundred pounds from the till in her grocery shop. But before her policeman fianc can crack the case, someone cracks Lois's husband on the head when he interrupts a burglary in progress.

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Berkley, December 2012. Paperback. Good - Trade. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
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  • Title Foul Play at Four (Lois Meade Mystery)
  • Author Ann Purser
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good - Trade
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date December 2012
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 983526
  • ISBN 9780425251775 / 0425251772
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.69 x 4.37 x 0.93 in (16.99 x 11.10 x 2.36 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects England, Detective and mystery stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011029413
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

She’s worked through all the days of the week, turning up clues and scrubbing up both messes and murderers in the village of Long Farnden. But crime is a persistent stain, and Lois Meade is finding that sleuthing is rarely a spotless endeavor...

Magistrate Mrs. Tollervey-Jones represents the upper crust of the village, although nowadays she lives alone at the Farnden Hall estate without a staff to attend to her. Fortunately, Lois Meade’s cleaning company visits twice a week.

But Lois’s help is needed elsewhere as a series of robberies begins to plague Long Farnden. Lois’s own daughter is shaken when a thief robs her grocery store till. Good thing Josie’s got a policeman for a fiancé—he’s on the culprit’s trail soon afterward.

Before he can crack the case, though, someone cracks Lois’s husband on the head when he stops in to check on Mrs. Tollervey-Jones and interrupts a burglary. Now Lois—in collaboration once again with the besotted Inspector Cowgill—must determine who cleaned out the magistrate’s mansion, and clean up after an increasingly violent crime spree…

From the publisher

Ann Purser was born in Market Harborough in Leicestershire and has lived most of her life in villages. She has turned her hand to many things, including journalism (as a columnist for SHE magazine), keeper of hens and donkeys, art gallery manager, clerical assistant in a village school, Open University graduate, novelist, mother of three, wife of Philip Purser, critic and writer. She is an avid reader of detective stories.

Media reviews

Praise for the Lois Meade series:

"Well paced, cleverly plotted, and chock-full of cozy glimpses of life in a small English village...A fine series that just keeps getting better--a must for British cozy fans."--Booklist

"First-class work in the English-village genre: cleverly plotted, with thoroughly believable characters, rising tension, and a smashing climax."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

About the author

Ann Purser was born in Market Harborough in Leicestershire and has lived most of her life in villages. She has turned her hand to many things, including journalism (as a columnist for SHE magazine), keeper of hens and donkeys, art gallery manager, clerical assistant in a village school, Open University graduate, novelist, mother of three, wife of Philip Purser, critic and writer. She is an avid reader of detective stories.