Deadly Lampshades (ebook)

Argumento de Deadly Lampshades (ebook)

When Honey Driver decides to give the Green River Hotel a makeover, she didn't envisage her interior designer Philippe Fabiere getting choked to death with an antique lavatory flush handle. It also turns out that his storeroom has been completely cleared of its antique artefacts - including a painting of a scantily clad woman that Honey herself had purchased. When traces of deadly nightshade are found in Philippe's system, the finger of suspicion points at others in his profession. Is this a case of professional jealousy, or is there something even more sinister afoot? What have the Russians at St Margaret's Court Hotel got to do with it? And what about the German couple who sit around reception at Honey?s hotel?

Just who is it that's so fond of deadly nightshade?

'The kick-off to Goodhind's new mystery series - fast moving with a likeable
heroine and an impeccably rendered Bath background...'
Kirkus Reviews
(USA) on Something in the Blood

'Quirky characters and intriguing goings-on in my favourite city, Bath. J G
Goodhind's wonderful books are crying out to be made into a TV series. An
absolute treat!'
Jill Mansell on Walking with Ghosts.

'Sometimes it is the location alone makes you curious about a detective novel....Jean G Goodhind in her debut novel has added much more than that - a droll plot and a lot of British humour...'

Jean G. Goodhind is a popular writer of women?s fiction, romance and comedy. For many years she owned and ran a haunted guest house on the outskirts of Bath and was one of the founder members of the Bath Hotel and Restaurant Association. Her experiences inspired the international bestselling Honey Driver series. She has won a BBC Radio award for scriptwriting. She also writes women?s fiction as Lizzie Lane and has writes a regular column for the Western Daily Press.

?That blue was definitely the right colour,? Honey added dreamily, folding her arms as a wall of bare plaster turned blue.

A dust-covered Lindsey backed out from under the counter and got on to her knees. She wrinkled her nose. ?Strong smell.?

Honey took a deep breath of the paint-tinged air. ?It?s a clean smell. A new smell.?

The same red carpet fitted in the reception area had also adorned the sweeping staircase leading up to the guest rooms. The deep red would be replaced by a durable but luxurious carpet of the deepest harvest gold. In the meantime she heard the clomp, clomp, clomp of descending footsteps. Mary Jane, the only resident left in the building, was coming downstairs.

?Good morning,? Honey called to her, fully expecting Mary Jane, professor of the paranormal, to be her usual exuberant self.

?I?ve got a complaint,? said Mary Jane.

Honey blinked. It wasn?t much past eight o?clock and Mary Jane?s apple green tracksuit was guaranteed to shock anyone into instant wakefulness. The vividly colourful item had been purchased at a car boot sale at a knock-down price. Mary Jane had knocked the price down even further. The collar and cuffs were trimmed with shocking pink and so was the jacket zip. Given its colour the previous owner must have been glad to get rid of it before the need to wear sunglasses became a permanent issue. Her trainers were multi-coloured and matched the wooden parrots swinging from her ear lobes.

Honey was a picture of sympathy. ?I?m so sorry to hear that, Mary Jane. Tell me all about it.?

Face powder floated down from Mary Jane?s face as she spoke. Mary Jane favoured using a lot of face powder. She left a trail of it everywhere, including an imprint of her face on her pillow.

?It?s Sir Cedric,? she said in a low voice, glancing over her shoulder.

?Oh dear,? said Honey.

?Agatha Christie would be proud of Jean G. Goodhind ? You can never get enough of Honey Driver, for this 21^st century Miss Marple rocks.? Susann Fleischer, www.literaturmarkt.info

?The story is sparkling, full of wisdom and wit, wonderful irony, and tongue-in-cheek charm ? after reading the last page you will want to start all over again A detective novel in the best of (the) English tradition.?

Susann Fleischer, www.literaturmarkt.info

?Agatha Christie would be proud of Jean G. Goodhind ? You can never get enough of Honey Driver, for this 21^st century Miss Marple rocks.? Susann Fleischer, www.literaturmarkt.info0