In The Crypt With A Candlestick

Author : Daisy Waugh
Publisher : Piatkus
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780349422459

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LONGLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT AWARD 'Sharp, funny . . . the best sort of murder mystery' Tatler 'A perfect antidote to all the real-life craziness going on' Daily Mail Sir Ecgbert Tode of Tode Hall has survived to a grand old age - much to the despair of his younger wife, Emma. But at ninety-three he has, at last, shuffled off the mortal coil. Emma, Lady Tode, thoroughly fed up with being a dutiful Lady of the Manor, wants to leave the country to spend her remaining years in Capri. Unfortunately her three tiresome children are either unwilling or unable (too mad, too lefty or too happy in Australia) to take on management of their large and important home, so the mantle passes to a distant relative and his glamorous wife. Not long after the new owners take over, Lady Tode is found dead in the mausoleum. Accident? Or is there more going on behind the scenes of Tode Hall than an outsider would ever guess....? In the traditions of two great but very different British writers, Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse, Waugh's hilarious and entirely original twist on the country house murder mystery comes complete with stiff upper lips, even stiffer drinks, and any stiffs that might embarrass the family getting smartly brushed under the carpet... What everyone's saying about In the Crypt with a Candlestick... 'I couldn't put it down' Santa Montefiore 'A delightful treat' The Lady 'Deliciously entertaining' Andrew Wilson 'An irresistible champagne bubble of pleasure and laughter' Rachel Johnson 'A perfect antidote to wintry gloom' The Literary Review 'What a triumph!' Antonia Fraser 'A masterclass in how to write a rollicking good read' Sarah Vine 'A jolly farce that never takes itself too seriously' Red Magazine 'Fizzles, crackles and sparkles' Elizabeth Buchan 'A work of sublime silliness' Simon Brett 'An effervescent madcap whodunnit' Metro 'A marvellous rollicking read' Mary Killen 'She's skewered her targets brilliantly' Imogen Edwards-Jones

Author : Daisy Waugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 034942246X

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Als Lady Tode het beheer van het landgoed overgeeft aan haar broer, is niet iedereen daar blij mee.

Author : Daisy Waugh
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643138060

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In the Crypt with a Candlestick by Daisy Waugh Pdf

A wonderfully comedic mystery full of sharp drama, sly wit—and a smidgeon of murder—in the vein P. G. Wodehouse, Julian Fellowes, and Agatha Christie. Sir Ecgbert Tode of Tode Hall has survived to a grand old age—much to the despair of his younger wife, Emma. But at age ninety-three he has, at last, shuffled off the mortal coil. Lady Emma Tode, thoroughly fed up with being a dutiful Lady of the Manor, wants to leave the country to spend her remaining years in Capri. Unfortunately her three tiresome children are either unwilling or unable (too mad, too lefty or too happy in Australia) to take on management of their large and important home, so the mantle passes to a distant relative and his glamorous wife. Not long after the new owners take over, Lady Tode is found dead in the mausoleum. Accident? Or is there more going on behind the scenes of Tode Hall than an outsider would ever guess? In the traditions of two great but very different British authors, Agatha Christie and P. G. Wodehouse, Waugh's hilarious and entirely original twist on the country house murder mystery comes complete with stiff upper lips, even stiffer drinks, and any stiffs that might embarrass the family getting smartly brushed under the carpet.

Author : Daisy Waugh
Publisher : Piatkus
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780349422497

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Phone for the Fish Knives by Daisy Waugh Pdf

'Daisy Waugh's featherlight satires are as refreshing and uplifting as a glass of chilled vintage champagne. . . Imagine Agatha Christie on laughing gas' Times The Todes are back, and they're taking on Hollywood . . . When Hollywood wants to do a remake of the film that made Tode Hall famous, India and Egbert are delighted. They envisage a summer of free money and star-studded dinner parties ahead . . . But the Hall is soon overrun by wardrobe trucks and catering tents, and lusty, insecure actors squabbling about nudity clauses. When the movie's producers threaten to sue over the exact colour of Tode Hall's rolling lawns, India and Egbert realise that having a film crew on their doorstep isn't such a breeze after all. With so many egos in one place things were bound to end badly, but no one would have predicted quite so literal a backstabbing . . . 'A glorious satire on aristocratic manners and mores, with a smidgeon of murder thrown in, Waugh's hilarious and entirely original twist on the country house murder mystery is 'a perfect antidote to all the real-life craziness going on' Daily Mail Praise for the Todes 'Ms. Waugh's novel offers plenty of satire, several good laughs and many dark chuckles.' Wall Street Journal Witty, well-written and determinedly entertaining . . . the perfect book for the staycation' Catholic Herald 'I couldn't put it down' Santa Montefiore 'A delightful treat' The Lady 'Deliciously entertaining' Andrew Wilson 'An irresistible champagne bubble of pleasure and laughter' Rachel Johnson 'A perfect antidote to wintry gloom' The Literary Review 'What a triumph!' Antonia Fraser 'A masterclass in how to write a rollicking good read' Sarah Vine 'A jolly farce that never takes itself too seriously' Red Magazine 'Fizzles, crackles and sparkles' Elizabeth Buchan 'A work of sublime silliness' Simon Brett 'An effervescent madcap whodunnit' Metro 'A marvellous rollicking read' Mary Killen 'She's skewered her targets brilliantly' Imogen Edwards-Jones 'This contemporary take on a golden age mystery is simply wonderful.' Belfast Telegraph

Author : Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017102635

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The Inspiration of the Bible: Five Lectures, Etc by Christopher Wordsworth Pdf

Author : Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Bible
ISBN : NLS:V000705627

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The Inspiration of the Bible; Five Lectures ... by Christopher Wordsworth Pdf

Author : Christopher Wordsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Bible
ISBN : NLS:V000705628

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On the Inspiration of the Bible ... Lectures, Etc by Christopher Wordsworth Pdf

Author : William Archibald Scott Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590846767

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The Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral; Its Architecture, Its History, and Its Frescoes by William Archibald Scott Robertson Pdf

Author : John Banville
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488077197

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Snow by John Banville Pdf

*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD* A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year A New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick “Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format…superbly rich and sophisticated.”—New York Times Book Review The incomparable Booker Prize winner’s next great crime novel—the story of a family whose secrets resurface when a parish priest is found murdered in their ancestral home Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been summoned to County Wexford to investigate a murder. A parish priest has been found dead in Ballyglass House, the family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family. The year is 1957 and the Catholic Church rules Ireland with an iron fist. Strafford—flinty, visibly Protestant and determined to identify the murderer—faces obstruction at every turn, from the heavily accumulating snow to the culture of silence in the tight-knit community he begins to investigate. As he delves further, he learns the Osbornes are not at all what they seem. And when his own deputy goes missing, Strafford must work to unravel the ever-expanding mystery before the community’s secrets, like the snowfall itself, threaten to obliterate everything. Beautifully crafted, darkly evocative and pulsing with suspense, Snow is “the Irish master” (New Yorker) John Banville at his page-turning best. Don't miss John Banville's next novel, April in Spain!

Author : Daisy Waugh
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645403104

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What Is The Matter With Mary Jane? by Daisy Waugh Pdf

'It is odd that the galvanised industry of women's literature should have passed by that most telling of female malaises, Anorexia Nervosa... Daisy Waugh breaks the silence with a resounding clatter of imaginative energy. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH MARY JANE? is far more than just a gruesome horror story with the moral "Don't slim" slung round its girth. It unites stringency with compassion and humour with social comment, in such a way that the reader not only gains a vivid insight into the insidious nature of this disease, but is treated to a mighty entertaining read in the process' Lucy Ingrams in The Literary Review A natural' Anne Haverty in The Times Literary Supplement 'Miss Waugh has perfect pitch and is hypersensitive to the silliness of the chatter of her London peer group at play...It suggests the rich potential of a whole new genre of light fictional psychopathology' Patrick Skene Catling in the Sunday Telegraph Achieving the right tone of voice for a book's narration is one of the hardest of the novelist's skills, and Daisy Waugh is to be congratulated on getting it dead right in her first novel' Punch

Author : Rosemary Jones
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786963843

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Crypt of the Moaning Diamond by Rosemary Jones Pdf

Explore the terrifying depths of the dungeons of Faerun! The Siegebreakers are a tight-knit group of eccentric mercenaries who boast they can safely bring down the walls of any fortress, and will do so for the right amount of coin. But when the walls of their latest job crash down on their heads, trapping them in ruins treacherous with magic, monsters, and ever-rising water, it's all they can do to stay alive. Undaunted, the Siegebreakers are determined to escape and finish the job. Show More Show Less

Author : Robert Wild
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004295674

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Water in the Cultic Worship of Isis and Sarapis by Robert Wild Pdf

Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE -- THE NILE WATER CRYPTS -- OTHER TYPES OF FIXED NILE WATER CONTAINERS -- WHY NILE WATER? 1. EVIDENCE FROM THE CRYPTS -- WHY NILE WATER? 2. EVIDENCE FROM OUTSIDE THE CULT -- WHY NILE WATER? 3. THE OSIRIS EVIDENCE -- ABLUTION FACILITIES AND RITUALS -- EGYPTIANIZING THE CULT OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS -- SURVEY OF THE SITES -- OTHER TYPES OF CRYPTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CULT -- NOTES -- INDICES -- LIST OF PLATES -- PLATES I-XXX AND MAP.

Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Dragonsteel, LLC
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781938570155

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Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson Pdf

Author : Daisy Waugh
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645402367

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Bordeaux Housewives by Daisy Waugh Pdf

A new start. With old secrets . . . Who hasn’t dreamed of running away from it all? The Haunt family have gone and clone it. On an impulse, Maude, her husband Horatio and their two small children have left their tiny London terrace for the sunflower fields and the vie rustique of Southern France. Up the road, the scruffy Hotel Marronnier is about to change hands again. Daffy Fielding has fallen in love with the place and has dragged her husband to France to persuade him to buy it. Which he does—before heading straight back home to his mistress. Can timid Daffy make a life for herself alone? Watching over all the new arrivals is the glamorous, predatory, eternally bored Lady Emma Rankin. From her exquisite chateau nearby, she pulls strings to bring the new wives together. But is it Horatio, rather than Maude, who she really wants to sip Sancerre with? Or is her eye on the gorgeous local builder, the only one of them all who is party to the Haunt family's explosive secret? Praise for Daisy Waugh: ‘Sparkling fun.’—Heat ‘Full of laugh-out-loud funny bits.’—New Woman

Author : Daisy Waugh
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015032918800

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A Small Town in Africa by Daisy Waugh Pdf