Manna from Hades: A Cornish Mystery
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Eleanor Trewynn is a widow of some years living in Port Mabyn, a small fishing village in Cornwall, England. In her younger days, she traveled the exotic parts of the world with her husband. These days, she's retired and founded the local charity shop. Her niece, Megan Pencarrow, transferred nearby, and was recently promoted to the rank of Detective Sargent. Perhaps the only downside is that she is now working for a DI who doesn't approve of women on the police force and who really doesn't much approve of Megan's aunt Eleanor, as she is something of a thorn in his rather substantial side.
All of these factors collide when, the day after collecting donations, Eleanor and the vicar's wife find the dead body of a longhaired, scruffy-looking youth hidden in the stockroom of the charity shop. Then they discover that some donated jewelry thought to be fake is actually very real, very expensive, and the haul from a violent robbery in London. Making matters more complex, the corpse found in the storeroom is apparently not one of the robbers. Carola Dunn's Manna from Hades is a confounding Cornish case of daring theft, doublecross, and a wily older woman confronted by a case of murder most foul.
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Carola Dunn. (2009). Manna from Hades: A Cornish Mystery. 1 St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Carola Dunn. 2009. Manna From Hades: A Cornish Mystery. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
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MLA Citation (style guide)Carola Dunn. Manna From Hades: A Cornish Mystery. 1 St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2009.
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Set in Cornwall “somewhere in the 1960s and '70s” (per an author note), this lively first in a new cozy series from British veteran Dunn (Death at Wentwater Court
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Eleanor Trewynn, a widow who traveled the world with her husband, is now living in Port Mabyn, a small Cornish fishing village, whereshe runs a secondhand store that supports a charity. Her niece, Megan Pencarrow, is a recently promoted detective sergeant now assigned to a local station. Unfortunately for Megan, her DI does not approve of women on the police force. He also does not like Megans aunt, who rather enjoys baiting him. When Eleanor and the vicars wife findthe dead body of a scruffy-looking young man in the stockroom of the shop, Eleanor becomes involved in the investigation. Then, after some donated jewelry that they thought was paste turns out to be very expensive and stolen in a London robbery, everyone assumes that the two cases are related. Dunn has a knack for writing meatier-than-usual cozies with strong female characters, and she has another charming winner here.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)
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