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Mrs. Jeffries Learns the Trade {#1-3}

Record Added: 2/8/2019
Author 
Series Mrs. Jeffries Mysteries #1-3
Setting England
Topic Mystery
Publisher Berkley Books
ISBN 073945319X   Year 2005
Age Adult   Pages 454
Description Printed dustjacket
 
The First Three Mrs. Jeffries Mysteries:

The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries
This charming, excellent whodunit is set in London during the Victorian Era. It has two brilliant main leads, Gerald Witherspoon, a Scotland Yard Inspector, with a Sherlock Holmes reputation for solving the most baffling of cases, and then theres Mrs. Jefferies, a policeman's widow, and the Inspector's housekeeper, who has an interest in solving mysteries. Whenever Inspector Witherspoon is on the case, Mrs. Jefferies isn't far behind, in this particular case, the Inspector is called the murder scene of a doctor who is poisoned. He goes home to tell the sweet old Mrs. Jefferies about his case, so she along with his staff get involved in his Detective business.

Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues
A servant girl and a priceless brooch vanish at the same time, and it doesn't take a genius to put two and two together. The Inspector finds the brooch on a dead woman—but where's the missing servant? Fortunately, Mrs. Jeffries isn't one to give up on a case just because of a few loose ends.

The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries
Nasty miser Abigail Hodges returns home angry at a warning from medium Esme Popejoy, absent servants and husband Leonard. An intruder shoots her in the head and chest, but few jewels are missing. Forged notes direct police to inheriting Felicity Marsden. But housekeeper Mrs Jeffries recruits staff to help Inspector Witherspoon to the truth.
Notes
The Mrs. Jeffries stories are written in the style and spirit of the Victorian cozy mysteries, and Agatha Christie would be proud. Author Emily Brightwell provides the reader with a perfect balance of old-time gentility and ruthless, cold-blooded murder, not to mention ample mystery and intrigue in the tradition of the best whodunits. Brightwell’s writing style is fluid and fun to read. Her descriptions of the Victorian London locations carry the ring of truth, and add greatly to the allure of the story.