The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries (Mrs. Jeffries Series #1)

by Emily Brightwell

Overview

As Inspector Witherspoon's dedicated housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries keeps things running smoothly and is quite clever at putting Witherspoon on the right track in case after case. In fact, Mrs. Jeffries' polished detective skills prove once again that behind every great man, there's a great woman.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101644829
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/01/1993
Series:	Mrs. Jeffries Series , #1
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	8,345
File size:	616 KB

About the Author

Having married an Englishman in 1976, Cheryl Arguile lived near London for a while before moving back to California, where she had been brought up. She then decided to embark on a writing career first as a romantic novelist (Sarah Temple) and later writing for young adults (Cheryl Lanham) but is best known as Emily Brightwell for the Mrs Jeffries series.

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Editorial Reviews

Though completely inept, Inspector Gerald Witherspoon has gained a reputation as Victorian-era Scotland Yard's shining star, thanks to his household staff, headed by Mrs. Jeffries, a policeman's widow. Mrs. Jeffries solves Witherspoon's mysteries without ever letting anyone, Witherspoon included, know she and the staff are involved. In this, romance writer Brightwell's ( Kindred Spirits ) first mystery, Mrs. Jeffries leads the dim-witted Witherspoon to the obvious solution to the poisoning of the thoroughly despicable Dr. Bartholomew Slocum. Displaying his Victorian class prejudice, despite a lack of motive or evidence, Witherspoon decides the murderer is Slocum's cook, who for unknown reasons left the employ of the Duke of Bedford to work for the doctor.It's up to Mrs. Jeffries to discover the true identity of the murderer. Unconvincing red herrings and cliches abound, and sharp readers will spot the murderer early on--he proves to be the least likely person. Brightwell makes Witherspoon almost overbearingly dumb and puts insufficient effort into the mystery itself, which quickly becomes tedious. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

"Nettleton sounds as if she's having a great time narrating this little cozy. . . . [She] keeps the story moving along at a lively pace with just the right lightness of tone to her storytelling." —-Publishers Weekly Audio Review

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