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Skeleton Staff

by Elizabeth Ferrars · 2014 edition

Wealthy, disabled Roberta Ellison settles on Madeira; when she is suddenly widowed, her half-sister arrives to help but brings problems that escalate into violence and murder. A classic British mystery reissued by The Murder Room.

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Best for: A reader of classic British crime fiction.

Ferrars uses a family crisis on Madeira rather than a tourist investigation, and the Murder Room edition brings an older mystery back into circulation.

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Author
Elizabeth Ferrars
Edition year
2014
Publisher
The Murder Room (Orion)
Language
English
ISBN-13
9781471906664

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