Too Many Cooks

Marina Pascoe

Jan 2015 · Simon and Schuster

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Who would imagine a little gold ring could lead to kidnap, torture and even murder? How could the curse of the Pharaohs come to Falmouth? The year is 1923. When a young Cockney woman appears in Falmouth, Inspector George Bartlett and Constable Archibald Boase think she's harmless enough - until she and they are caught up in a seemingly endless cycle of mayhem and deceit. Unsure exactly how this woman fits into their enquiries, at various turns they are investigating her, searching for her, and worrying about her safety - and still can't decide if she is all she seems. With death on their doorstep, a strange visitor to the town who claims to be a relative of the tragically-murdered Russian royal family, and a killer still on the loose, Bartlett and Boase have little time left to prevent further murders as their superintendent looms large in the background waiting to take them off the case ...

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Marina Pascoe is a Falmothian with a lifelong interest in crime and history, having read her first Agatha Christie at the age of ten and becoming hooked!Having written several books about the history of her home county, and more recently gaining a Masters degree in Regional Histories, marina Pascoe had, for many years, hoped to see an historical murder mystery set against the backdrop of her home town, Falmouth. Having waited patiently, she decided to write a series of her own, The Bartlett and Boase Mysteries.