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Mrs. Jeffries Sweeps the Chimney

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A Dirty Business ... Inspector Witherspoon is perplexed. No one seems to know the identity of the dead man dressed like a vicar and propped up against the outside wall of St Paul's Church. A paper clutched in the corpse's hand reveals the address of a dilapidated and seemingly abandoned cottage - abandoned if you don't count the human skeleton stuffed in the chimney. To link these two bizarre incidents will take all of the resources at Witherspoon's command - and a little help from the efficient Mrs Jeffries ...

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She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon ... and keeps him on his toes. Everyone's awed by his Scotland Yard success - but they don't know about his secret weapon. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, Mrs Jeffries's polished detection skills are up to the task ... proving that behind every great man there's a woman - and that a crimesolver's work is never done.

Setting
British
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 215 pages

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