![]() ![]() They discover an unexpected ally in newcomer Lizzie Snow, a woman from “away” who seemed to have blown into town with the nor’easter, and who also seems to know a lot about the mind of a killer. But when the news of Karen’s murder spreads and much of the evidence points to Jake’s likable houseguest, she and her sleuthing partner, Ellie White, get to work. An amateur detective, she has sworn off chasing criminals. Meanwhile, as an epic nor’easter bears down on the idyllic island town, Jake hurries to shore up her ramshackle old house against the big blow. But instead of the promise of an exciting new life, Karen meets her death. Upon inspection of the steeple, the police uncover the body of local teenager Karen Hansen, who had climbed the belfry’s dark, rickety stairs for a midnight rendezvous. It is nearly midnight when the enormous bell in the belfry of All Faith Chapel – silent for decades – booms forth, startling awake the entire town of Eastport. ![]() But when a shocking murder rocks the small town of Eastport, Maine, Jake may be the next victim for whom the bell tolls. And when catching criminals, she’s been known to really bring down the hammer. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.When it comes to home repair, Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree is a fervent wielder of power drills and paint brushes. The Belfry Murder was originally published in 1933. And for Inspector Hugh Collier of Scotland Yard, young and ambitious, backing his intuitions against the opinions of his superiors, it is a case full of pitfalls, whose issues might spell promotion-or a fatal mark against his name. For Martin Drury, chicken-farming in Sussex it brings the gleam of romance and a chance of knight errantry. Brown, and his gang, it is first an adventure, but becomes a matter of life and death. The search for the emerald has begun.įor a man calling himself Mr. Years later a Russian waiter sells a secret twice over, and pays the ultimate price. ![]() What has become of the now missing jewels? Has she hidden them somewhere, or entrusted them to someone before her death? Mary dies of pneumonia a few days after reaching England, in a room over her brother’s antique shop. ![]() When Mary Borlase, English governess of the little Countess Nadine, escapes from Russia during the Great War, she brings with her jewels belonging to the ill-fated Romanoffs, including a famous emerald, the Eye of Nero. ![]()
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