Bibliograph

The property of lies, a Herbert Reardon historical mystery, Marjorie Eccles

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The property of lies, a Herbert Reardon historical mystery, Marjorie Eccles

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The property of lies

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Marjorie Eccles

Series statement

A Herbert Reardon historical mystery

Sub title

a Herbert Reardon historical mystery

Summary

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, 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 ..

Target audience

adult

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