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Murder on a Summer's Day: A Kate Shackleton Mystery Series, Book 5
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A Maharajah on the Moors
When the India Office seeks help in finding Maharajah Narayan, they call upon the expertise of renowned amateur detective Kate Shackleton to investigate.
A Priceless Jewel
But soon a missing persons case turns into murder. Shot through the heart, Narayan's body has obviously not been in the woods overnight. Who brought it here, and from where? And what happened to the hugely valuable diamond that was in the Maharajah's possession?
An Inexplicable Murder . . .
Kate soon discovers that vengeance takes many forms. Was the Maharajah's sacrilegious act of shooting a white doe to blame? Or are growing rumors of a political motive too powerful for Kate to discount?
Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton returns in Murder on a Summer's Day with another mystery that's sure to "hold the reader attention and make them continue reading into the small hours of the night" (York Press, UK).

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A Maharajah on the Moors
When the India Office seeks help in finding Maharajah Narayan, they call upon the expertise of renowned amateur detective Kate Shackleton to investigate.
A Priceless Jewel
But soon a missing persons case turns into murder. Shot through the heart, Narayan's body has obviously not been in the woods overnight. Who brought it here, and from where? And what happened to the hugely valuable diamond that was in the Maharajah's possession?
An Inexplicable Murder . . .
Kate soon discovers that vengeance takes many forms. Was the Maharajah's sacrilegious act of shooting a white doe to blame? Or are growing rumors of a political motive too powerful for Kate to discount?
Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton returns in Murder on a Summer's Day with another mystery that's sure to "hold the reader attention and make them continue reading into the small hours of the night" (York Press, UK).

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        "A mash-up of "Masterpiece" series "Indian Summers" and "Downtown Abbey."

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      • source: Publisher's Weekly on Murder on a Summer's Day
      • content: "Descriptions of the lavish life enjoyed by the Indian elite give a tantalizing glimpse into a foreign world...fans of Maisie Dobbs and Daisy Dalrymple will enjoy the authentic period detail."
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      • source: The Daily Mail on Murder in the Afternoon
      • content: "Frances Brody succeeds brilliantly. . . Her post-war world in which making any sort of living is hard grind and where an independent career woman is viewed with hostility is entirely convincing. Kate is a heroine to like and admire. . . Her further adventures are eagerly awaited."
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      • content: "Brody again displays her prodigious talent for misdirection, tempered by her fair play with clues that render the possibility that the reader will not be fooled. But don't bet on it.... Steeped in period color, A Medal for Murder again showcases a winning heroine and a clever plot, a combination reminiscent of the genre's golden age but one made fresh and gripping by an author who melds murder with mercy."
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        December 14, 2015
        Likable, well-drawn characters lift Brody’s agreeable if at times slow-moving fifth Kate Shackleton mystery (after 2015’s A Woman Unknown). James, a cousin of Kate’s employed at the India Office, rings her early one morning to ask her help in finding Maharajah Narayan Halkwaer of Gattiawan, who has gone missing from Bolton Abbey, the Duke of Devonshire’s vast Yorkshire estate, where the duke will be hosting a large grouse-shooting party in a few days. Among the guests are the maharaja’s English fiancée, set to become his second wife, as well as the maharaja’s first wife and son, not to mention a member of the royal family. Descriptions of the lavish life enjoyed by the Indian elite give a tantalizing glimpse into a foreign world, but even with the discovery of a body, the plot never generates much tension. Still, fans of Maisie Dobbs and Daisy Dalrymple will enjoy the authentic period detail. Agent: Judith Murdoch, Judith Murdoch Literary Agency (U.K.).

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        The glamour of the Raj comes to rural Yorkshire. An early morning phone call from her cousin James sends Kate Shackleton, a private investigator with society connections, to Bolton Abbey, the 50,000-acre Yorkshire estate of the Duke of Devonshire. The marital status of the duke's guest, Maharajah Narayan, hasn't kept him from visiting Yorkshire with his mistress, Lydia Metcalfe, whose farming family lives nearby. While he was out riding, Narayan shot a white doe, then rode on and vanished. Soon after Kate's arrival, the body of a groom who was with the maharajah is found drowned in the river. The India Office, where James works, is doing its best to cover up Narayan's affair and possible marital plans with a highly unsuitable woman. When Narayan's body is found the next day, hidden in the woods, Kate doubts the story that his horse reared and the gun he was carrying accidentally went off and killed him. Despite her best efforts, the inquest returns a verdict of accidental death. But since an extremely valuable diamond has gone missing, the India Office still wants Kate to keep an eye on Lydia, who, unworthy of accommodations at Bolton Abbey, is staying in Kate's hotel and may have stolen the gem. When a flock of Indian princes arrives for Narayan's funeral, several unpleasant complications suggest that Kate's been correct in her assumptions--if only it's not too late to right a wrong. The latest retro tale from Brody (A Woman Unknown, 2015, etc.) is based on snippets of real-life characters, so one of her best mysteries gains further depth from its historical context.

        COPYRIGHT(2015) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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        Private detective Kate Shackleton's cousin James, who works for the India Office, asks her to travel to Yorkshire to find Maharajah Narayan Halkwaer of Gattiawan, who disappeared after shooting a white doe on the Bolton Abbey estate of the Duke of Devonshire. Kate interviews the duke's staff and the married prince's paramour, Lydia Metcalfe, who insists the prince was planning on making her his second wife. Kate locates the prince, dead, on the estate, and soon learns a valuable diamond belonging to his family is missing. Kate believes Prince Narayan was murdered, but the authorities seem determined to call the death a tragic accident. Was the prince killed by a rival Indian prince, his jealous wife, a former school friend, or a local resident, angered that the prince shot the white doe? Assisted by her employees, a former police officer and her housekeeper, Kate perseveres and solves the crime. The widowed, independent Kate is a well-drawn character, and this satisfying first-person account is nicely framed by life in 1920s England.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)

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A Maharajah on the Moors
When the India Office seeks help in finding Maharajah Narayan, they call upon the expertise of renowned amateur detective Kate Shackleton to investigate.
A Priceless Jewel
But soon a missing persons case turns into murder. Shot through the heart, Narayan's body has obviously not been in the woods overnight. Who brought it here, and from where? And what happened to the hugely valuable diamond that was in the Maharajah's possession?
An Inexplicable Murder . . .
Kate soon discovers that vengeance takes many forms. Was the Maharajah's sacrilegious act of shooting a white doe to blame? Or are growing rumors of a political motive too powerful for Kate to discount?
Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton returns in Murder on a Summer's Day with another mystery that's sure to "hold the reader attention and make them continue reading into the small hours of the night" (York Press, UK).

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