Frances Brody. (2018). Death in the Stars: A Kate Shackleton Mystery. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Frances Brody. 2018. Death in the Stars: A Kate Shackleton Mystery. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Frances Brody, Death in the Stars: A Kate Shackleton Mystery. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018.

Frances Brody. Death in the Stars: A Kate Shackleton Mystery. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018.

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   • bioText: FRANCES BRODY lives in Leeds in the North of England. Before turning to crime with her first book in the Kate Shackleton series Dying in the Wool, she wrote historical sagas, winning the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin award for most regionally evocative debut saga of the millennium. Other Kate Shackleton Mysteries include Death at the Seaside, A Death in the Dales, and Murder on a Summer's Day.
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France Brody captures the atmosphere and language of 1920s England while delivering a captivating plot in the ninth book of this traditional cozy mystery series featuring private investigator Kate Shackleton.
Yorkshire, 1927. Eclipse fever grips the nation, and when beloved theatre star Selina Fellini approaches trusted sleuth Kate Shackleton to accompany her to a viewing party on the grounds of Giggleswick School Chapel, Kate suspects an ulterior motive.
During the eclipse, Selina's friend and co-star Billy Moffatt disappears and is later found dead in the chapel grounds. Kate can't help but dig deeper and soon learns that two other members of the theatre troupe died in similarly mysterious circumstances in the past year. With the help of Jim Sykes and Mrs Sugden, Kate sets about investigating the deaths -and whether there is a murderer in the company.
When Selina's elusive husband Jarrod– who was injured in the war and is subject to violent mood swings—comes back on the scene, Kate begins to imagine something far deadlier at play, and wonders just who will be next to pay the ultimate price for fame.

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   • source: Yorkshire Gazette & Herald on Death in the Stars
   • content: "The author keeps us highly entertained with an interesting and exciting plot, impeccably researched and a style of writing that has the reader turning the pages eagerly to discover the truth of the mystery."
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   • source: Crime Squad on Death in the Stars
   • content: "There are red herrings and clues aplenty here, and the prose is clear, succinct and readable. This is an enjoyable and well-plotted whodunit. It captures the 1920's perfectly, and caused me to read well into the night on a couple of occasions."
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   • source: Crime Review on Death in the Stars
   • content: "Well-researched historical details, local knowledge, and some charming descriptive writing with vivid evocations of time and place make all the stories a great read. But this one, which opens with the brilliantly described solar eclipse of 1927, then transports itself into the fading days of music hall, is probably Brody's best yet."
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   • source: The Bookbag on Death in the Stars
   • content: "Frances Brody has the ability to transport you to any scene, be it the crowds watching the eclipse in the Yorkshire dales or the tunnels under the centre of Leeds which linked the old theatres.... I constantly marvel at how Brody comes up with a new milieu for each book and then develops a convincing story which grips you from beginning to end."
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     November 20, 2017
     Set in 1927, Brody’s intricate ninth Kate Shackleton mystery (after 2017’s Death at the Seaside) takes Leeds private investigator Kate, at the invitation of famous music hall chanteuse Selina Fellini, to Yorkshire’s Giggleswick School to view an upcoming total solar eclipse. During the eclipse, Selina’s fellow performer, comedian Billy Moffat, disappears, later to be discovered comatose in the chapel. Shortly before Billy dies, Selina confesses to Kate that two other members of her troupe have recently met their demises under strange circumstances, and, though the deaths were ruled accidental, Selina fears that her estranged husband, Jarrod Compton, who returned from WWI emotionally damaged, may be involved. Kate turns for help in solving the crimes to her usual partners, Jim Sykes and Mrs. Sugden, but also gets some unexpected assistance from Giggleswick’s head boy and a ventriloquist’s dummy. Authentic period detail and memorable characters from the British music hall world distinguish this traditional mystery. Agent: Judith Murdoch, Judith Murdoch Literary (U.K.).

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     December 15, 2017
     The solar eclipse of 1927 provides the perfect backdrop for murder.Private inquiry agent Kate Shackleton is intrigued when she gets a visit from adored stage star Selina Fellini and her manager, Trotter Brockett. Selina is married to Jarrod Compton, a talented composer who writes most of her songs but was badly scarred both physically and mentally in the war and is becoming more erratic every day. Now that she's been invited to witness the eclipse by the Astronomer Royal at the Giggleswick School, Selina claims to be anxious about all the things that could go wrong on a trip that must be carefully planned to get her back in time for her latest performance. Kate arranges for herself, Selina, and her friend, famous comedian Billy Moffatt, to fly up and back. The eclipse is wonderful, but when Billy vanishes and is found near death, Kate suspects that there's more to Selina's fears than she's revealed. Although the doctor is sure Billy's suffering from a drug overdose, Kate thinks the cigar he was smoking was poisoned. Testing proves her right after Billy dies in the hospital. When they return to Leeds, Selina admits she suspects that two accidental deaths of her fellow performers may actually have been murders, and it's obvious that she fears her husband may be involved. With the help of her housekeeper, Mrs. Sugden, and her assistant, former policeman Jim Sykes, Kate investigates the theater crowd in hopes of finding a better suspect. Along the way, she learns a good deal about the trends in a theatrical life on the cusp of changing over from music hall acts to plays and movies, and she wonders whether the motives for murder may lie in that change.As usual (Death at the Seaside, 2017, etc.), Brody provides an excellent feel for life in postwar England along with a clever mystery full of theatrical red herrings.

     COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Yorkshire, 1927. Eclipse fever grips the nation, and when beloved theatre star Selina Fellini approaches trusted sleuth Kate Shackleton to accompany her to a viewing party on the grounds of Giggleswick School Chapel, Kate suspects an ulterior motive.
During the eclipse, Selina's friend and co-star Billy Moffatt disappears and is later found dead in the chapel grounds. Kate can't help but dig deeper and soon learns that two other members of the theatre troupe died in similarly mysterious circumstances in the past year. With the help of Jim Sykes and Mrs Sugden, Kate sets about investigating the deaths -and whether there is a murderer in the company.
When Selina's elusive husband Jarrod– who was injured in the war and is subject to violent mood...

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