The Essence of Malice: An Amory Ames Mystery Series, Book 4
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Edgar Award-shortlisted author Ashley Weaver returns with the fourth installment in the Amory Ames mystery series.
The Essence of Malice is filled with her trademark style, wit and clever plotting, sure to delight and charm traditional mystery fans.
"In this highly enjoyable and engrossing mystery, Ashley Weaver—with her sure touch for evoking elegance and glamour—wafts her appealing and determined heroine Amory into the world of perfumers, family secrets and the heady whiff of murder. I loved the evocation of scents, skilful shifts of suspicion and the satisfying conclusion." —Frances Brody
"The scent of murder and betrayal fills the Paris air . . . The climactic surprise makes this the best of her mysteries to date." —Kirkus Reviews
"For pity's sake, darling, let me finish my coffee before you begin concocting schemes."
When Amory Ames's husband Milo receives a troubling letter from his childhood nanny, Madame Nanette, the couple travel to Paris where they become embroiled in a mystery surrounding the death of a famous parfumier. Helios Belanger died suddenly, shortly before the release of his new, highly anticipated perfume, and Madame Nanette, who works for his family, is convinced that her employer's death was not due to natural causes.
The more Amory and Milo look into the motives of industry rivals and the Belanger heirs who are vying for control of his perfume empire, the more they are convinced that Madame Nanette may be right. When secrets unfold and things take a dangerous turn, Amory and Milo must work quickly to uncover the essence of the matter and catch a killer before the scent goes cold.
Also out now in the Amory Ames mysteries: Murder at the Brightwell, Death Wears a Mask and A Most Novel Revenge
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Ashley Weaver. (2017). The Essence of Malice: An Amory Ames Mystery Series, Book 4. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
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Edgar Award-shortlisted author Ashley Weaver returns with the fourth installment in the Amory Ames mystery series.
The Essence of Malice is filled with her trademark style, wit and clever plotting, sure to delight and charm traditional mystery fans.
"In this highly enjoyable and engrossing mystery, Ashley Weaver—with her sure touch for evoking elegance and glamour—wafts her appealing and determined heroine Amory into the world of perfumers, family secrets and the heady whiff of murder. I loved the evocation of scents, skilful shifts of suspicion and the satisfying conclusion." —Frances Brody
"The scent of murder and betrayal fills the Paris air . . . The climactic surprise makes this the best of her mysteries to date." —Kirkus Reviews
"For pity's sake, darling, let me finish my coffee before you begin concocting schemes."
When Amory Ames's husband Milo receives a troubling letter from his childhood nanny, Madame Nanette, the couple travel to Paris where they become embroiled in a mystery surrounding the death of a famous parfumier. Helios Belanger died suddenly, shortly before the release of his new, highly anticipated perfume, and Madame Nanette, who works for his family, is convinced that her employer's death was not due to natural causes.
The more Amory and Milo look into the motives of industry rivals and the Belanger heirs who are vying for control of his perfume empire, the more they are convinced that Madame Nanette may be right. When secrets unfold and things take a dangerous turn, Amory and Milo must work quickly to uncover the essence of the matter and catch a killer before the scent goes cold.
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June 26, 2017
The demise of famous French parfumier Helios Belanger, who dies shortly after surviving a small plane crash, drives Weaver’s sparkling fourth 1930s historical featuring British socialite Amory Ames and her husband, Milo (after 2016’s A Most Novel Revenge). Though the death is ruled a heart attack, Milo’s former nanny, now employed by the Belanger family, asks Milo and Amory to investigate what she insists is murder. Shortly after arriving in Paris, the couple learn that confusion over Belanger’s will has left his son and daughter battling for company control, the formula for their groundbreaking soon-to-be-launched fragrance is missing, and Belanger’s young second wife may have a lover. Amory commissions a customized personal fragrance to insinuate herself into the family’s lives and business, while Milo creates some mystery of his own by disappearing for inquiries he won’t explain. Weaver so thoroughly assigns everyone in the victim’s orbit a motive that her plotting feels mechanical at times, but the power skirmishes between these equally clever spouses shine throughout. Agent: Ann Collette, Rees Literary Agency.
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July 1, 2017
The scents of murder and betrayal fill the Paris air.Milo and Amory Ames are vacationing in Lake Como when Milo receives a note from his childhood nanny, Madame Nanette, asking them to stop and see her in Paris. Bidding adieu to their neighbor Andre Duveau, they leave for Paris, where Madame Nanette had been hired to care for the young daughter of Helios Belanger and his much younger second wife, Beryl. Belanger is a famous French parfumier whose oldest son, Anton, helps run the business and whose oldest daughter, Cecile, is a creative genius who works with her father on the perfumes. Michel, Belanger's younger son, is a playboy with no interest in the family business. Helios' recent death has been written off as a heart attack, but Madame Nanette, who was once his lover, suspects that he was murdered. Agreeing to look into the matter, the sleuthing duo (A Most Novel Revenge, 2016, etc.) gains entree to the family by asking Cecile to tailor an individual scent for Amory after they meet at a party thrown to reveal the fabulous new perfume Helios had recently created. The motives for murder are many. Helios may have had a mistress, Beryl may have had a lover, and Cecile and Anton both think they should control the company. Milo and Amory have gone through their own share of rough patches in their marriage. Although Amory loves Milo passionately, his secretive ways and playboy reputation still make it hard for Amory to trust him. Realizing that he's still hiding things from her makes her furious and determined to pursue the case on her own, a course that's gotten her in trouble in the past. Weaver, a librarian, has a deft touch with the 1930s upper-class repartee. The climactic surprise makes this the best of her mysteries to date.COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Bright socialite Amory and her devastatingly handsome husband, Milo, are called to Paris by Milo's former nanny, who now works for the noted parfumier Belanger family. The suspiciously sudden death of their patriarch, Helios, has complicated the family business since there is confusion over the will, and the formula for a fragrance scheduled for launch is missing. Motives for murder abound and Amory, always adept at devising schemes, insinuates herself into the Belanger clan by commissioning a perfume for herself while Milo disappears to conduct inquiries of his own. The spirited bickering between Milo and Amory will amuse readers, who will also be relieved to learn that Amory is no longer so insecure in her marriage. VERDICT The fourth addition (after A Most Novel Murder) to this lively historical series is one of its best with an evocative 1930s Parisian setting and an unexpected surprise climax. [See Prepub Alert, 3/23/17.]--ACT
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Bright socialite Amory and her devastatingly handsome husband, Milo, are called to Paris by Milo's former nanny, who now works for the noted parfumier Belanger family. The suspiciously sudden death of their patriarch, Helios, has complicated the family business since there is confusion over the will, and the formula for a fragrance scheduled for launch is missing. Motives for murder abound and Amory, always adept at devising schemes, insinuates herself into the Belanger clan by commissioning a perfume for herself while Milo disappears to conduct inquiries of his own. The spirited bickering between Milo and Amory will amuse readers, who will also be relieved to learn that Amory is no longer so insecure in her marriage. VERDICT The fourth addition (after A Most Novel Murder) to this lively historical series is one of its best with an evocative 1930s Parisian setting and an unexpected surprise climax. [See Prepub Alert, 3/23/17.]--ACT
Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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September 1, 2017
The fourth in Weaver's cozy 1930s Amory Ames series finds Milo and Amory cutting short their Lake Como vacation to investigate a mysterious death in Paris (such a hard life!). Milo's former nanny calls upon the sleuthing couple to uncover whether or not her current employer (and former lover), the famous perfume magnate Helios Belanger, was murdered. Motives are plentiful (a betrayed wife with a new baby, two grown siblings fighting for control of the parfumerie, while a third worries he's about to lose his playboy lifestyle), and business rivals abound. The Ameses make a beautiful pair, stylish and clever, and Weaver infuses her story with all of the Golden Age splendor a reader could want. Who killed the passionate parfumier and why? What are all of the family members hidingand where is the secret formula for the next big perfume launch? This is an excellent entree into a delightful (librarian-penned) series.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)
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The Essence of Malice is filled with her trademark style, wit and clever plotting, sure to delight and charm traditional mystery fans.
"In this highly enjoyable and engrossing mystery, Ashley Weaver—with her sure touch for evoking elegance and glamour—wafts her appealing and determined heroine Amory into the world of perfumers, family secrets and the heady whiff of murder. I loved the evocation of scents, skilful shifts of suspicion and the satisfying conclusion." —Frances Brody
"The scent of murder and betrayal fills the Paris air . . . The climactic surprise makes this the best of her mysteries to date." —Kirkus Reviews
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