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Detective Book Club: In the Frame / Blood Flies Upward / Murder in Mimicry
Detective Book Club In the Frame / Blood Flies Upward / Murder in Mimicry Author:Dick Francis, E. X. Gerrars, Anne Morice In the frame by Dick Francis (1977): Dick Francis, author of many mysteries with a horse-racing background, has his painter-narrator discover a profitable scheme cooked up by some Australian art dealers who trade in paintings of horses in England. Murder, mayhem and big financial fraud are all part of the scene; — Blood flies upwards by E. X. Fer... more »rars (1977): Sally Goodrich had simply left a farewell note at the country house where she was the cook, and then disappeared off the face of the earth. No one seemed to know where she had gone including the boy friend she was supposed to have eloped with. Bewildered by the whole thing, Sally's sister Alison arranged to take the cook's job and look into the matter. Alison soon found it was difficult and dangerous. She was curious about the "arsenic and old lace" sisters who lived next door. They begged for some molasses to spread around to catch cats that fancied birds. About the same time the gardener was found dead in his garage apartment;
Murder in mimicy by Anne Morice (1977): Tessa Crichton, actress and wife of a Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard, sometimes gets involved in solving murder. This time she is acting in a play at Kennedy Center when she has her doubts about the "perfectly natural" death of a member of the company. She begins to investigate and finds Washington fascinating..but a dangerous spot for her to nose about in.« less