MISS BEETON S MURDER AGENCY

It takes an organised mind to solve a well planned crime Mrs Beeton herself would be proud A perfect recipe and devoured in one sitting between elevenses and afternoon tea Ian Moore A glorious new addition to the cosy crime genre with recipes which will leave you wanting more Melanie Cantor Alice Beeton never meant to wind up single and childless on the wrong side of fifty Like her distant relative Mrs Beeton yes that Mrs Beeton she had hoped to have her own spic and span household by now In reality she lives in an immaculate but dingy basement flat in a rather shabby block in Kensington with Agatha her fiercely intelligent if rather over territorial corgi Jack Russell cross Now Alice runs the Good Household Management Agency providing discreet domestic staff to extravagant townhouses and sprawling country piles So when Camille Messent calls in urgent need of a new housekeeper Miss Beeton sends out new hire Enya She s rather forward but she does come with impeccable references and is fluent en français But in the early hours of New Year s Day Alice is rudely awakened with the news that Enya has been found dead As the intriguing if somewhat scruffy Detective Rigby struggles to drum up an adequate investigation and the wealthy family