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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Publication date
May 1, 2007
Pages
302
Binding
Library
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781585479757
ISBN-10
1585479756
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 8.50 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$31.95
Other format details
large print
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Ellie Haskell---the formerly plump girl turned Thin Woman and happily married mother of three---is also a sometime sleuth and a Gothic romance addict. When her husband's young cousin, Ariel, turns up unexpectedly and begs Ellie to come to the Yorkshire moors to investigate some strange events at the house that her family has recently bought with their lottery winnings, Ellie can't resist---especially since Cragstone House sounds so much like the delightfully musty manors she reads about in books.
           And so Ellie and her husband set off for Yorkshire, accompanied by their irrepressible housekeeper and co-conspirator in crime solving, Mrs. Roxie Malloy, who happens to have a long-lost sister in the area. Things at Cragstone House are even more dire than Ellie expected. It's bad enough that the kindly cook, Mrs. Cake, has suffered a mysterious fall down the stairs, and a visiting vicar has keeled over dead while drinking a cup of tea, but one of the neighbors turns out to be Mrs. Cake's husband's glamorous old flame, whom Ellie finds more menacing than any cold-blooded killer. Ellie has always thought it would be wonderful to be the heroine of a Gothic romance, but now she's beginning to wonder: Will she be able to solve the mystery and get out of Bronte country with her life, and her marriage, intact?
           And so Ellie and her husband set off for Yorkshire, accompanied by their irrepressible housekeeper and co-conspirator in crime solving, Mrs. Roxie Malloy, who happens to have a long-lost sister in the area. Things at Cragstone House are even more dire than Ellie expected. It's bad enough that the kindly cook, Mrs. Cake, has suffered a mysterious fall down the stairs, and a visiting vicar has keeled over dead while drinking a cup of tea, but one of the neighbors turns out to be Mrs. Cake's husband's glamorous old flame, whom Ellie finds more menacing than any cold-blooded killer. Ellie has always thought it would be wonderful to be the heroine of a Gothic romance, but now she's beginning to wonder: Will she be able to solve the mystery and get out of Bronte country with her life, and her marriage, intact?
Editions
Hardcover
from Minotaur Books (April 3, 2007)
9780312343378 | details & prices | 248 pages | 8.50 × 5.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.82 lbs | List price $22.95
About: Heading for her young cousin Ariel's delightfully Gothic mansion on the Yorkshire moors, Ellie Haskell discovers that a mysterious villain is stalking the house's picturesque halls.
About: Heading for her young cousin Ariel's delightfully Gothic mansion on the Yorkshire moors, Ellie Haskell discovers that a mysterious villain is stalking the house's picturesque halls.
Paperback
Reprint edition from St Martins Pr (April 1, 2008)
9780312946838 | details & prices | 261 pages | 4.25 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $6.99
About: When her in-laws invite her to Yorkshire moors, Ellie Haskell can't resist.
About: When her in-laws invite her to Yorkshire moors, Ellie Haskell can't resist.
Library
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Center Point Pub (May 1, 2007)
9781585479757 | details & prices | 302 pages | 6.00 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $31.95
About: Ellie Haskell---the formerly plump girl turned Thin Woman and happily married mother of three---is also a sometime sleuth and a Gothic romance addict.
About: Ellie Haskell---the formerly plump girl turned Thin Woman and happily married mother of three---is also a sometime sleuth and a Gothic romance addict.
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