Murder At The Palace Author Surname:Daws

Murder At The Palace Author Surname:DawsWhen one of the ladies in residence at Hampton Court Palace fails to answer her maid's call in the morning, Mrs Lydia Bramble, palace housekeeper, is called in to investigate. What Mrs Bramble finds sends shockwaves through the whole palace: Miss Philomena Franklin, slumped over her desk, a knife in her back. With the police determined to bark up the wrong tree, Mrs Bramble decides to take up her own investigation with the help of Miss Franklin's

I inhaled it' JOE LYCETT

an apparent suicide

So why has she killed herself

a detective with a reputation for sniffing out the truth

and holding her for seven hours as

these six stories are bound to delight the clerical detective's many fans

ranging from traditional Victorian chillers to weird and uncanny episodes by twentieth-century horror masters including Daphne du Maurier and Robert Aickman

patriarchal teachings of Pastor Rick Franklin - has taken over the town

he can't imagine what this has to do with Department Q

they know just how many dangerous secrets and secret squabbles the genteel residents of the palace apartments harbour

What's wrong with Grace that she can't trust her

She must race against time to unmask the killer