Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency
by Josie Lloyd
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Pub Date 24 Oct 2024 | Archive Date 7 Nov 2024
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Description
'Mrs Beeton herself would be proud. A perfect recipe and devoured in one sitting between elevenses and afternoon tea.' Ian Moore,
'A glorious new addition to the cosy crime genre with recipes which will leave you wanting more.' Melanie Cantor
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Alice Beeton never meant to wind up single and childless on the wrong side of fifty. Like her distant relative Mrs Beeton – yes, that Mrs Beeton – she had hoped to have her own spic-and-span household by now. In reality, she lives in an immaculate but dingy basement flat in a rather shabby block in Kensington with Agatha, her fiercely intelligent, if rather over-territorial, corgi-Jack Russell cross.
Now Alice runs the Good Household Management Agency, providing discreet domestic staff to extravagant townhouses and sprawling country piles. So when Camille Messent calls in urgent need of a new housekeeper, Miss Beeton sends out new hire Enya. She’s rather forward but she does come with impeccable references and is fluent en français.
But in the early hours of New Year’s Day, Alice is rudely awakened with the news that Enya has been found dead. As the intriguing, if somewhat scruffy, Detective Rigby struggles to drum up an adequate investigation and the wealthy family and their party guests close rank, Miss Beeton takes it upon herself to solve the crime…
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Readers LOVE Miss Beeton's Murder Agency:
'A perfect, cosy mystery for Christmas time' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I couldn’t put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I loved trying to puzzle it out!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Definitely a page turner' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Absolutely delightful stuff, I really hope there's more to come.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐
'The perfect title to get cosy with this autumn and winter. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An artfully woven but extremely fun crime read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A delightful cosy Christmas mystery' ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Perfect for fans of:
❄️Cosy crime
❄️Golden age crime fiction
❄️Women sleuths
❄️Found family
❄️Old money and high society
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9780008550752 |
PRICE | £7.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 400 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
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As someone who once had to write an essay on Isabelle Beeton's monster of a book (which I also had to read, so many things preserved in aspic, yuk) I was pleased that this was so much more fun. I loved Alice and Agatha, Jinx, Helly, Jacques, Massoud and all their pals. What a crack team Alice assembled to help her undercover mission. Absolutely delightful stuff, I really hope there's more to come.
Side note to HQ - please sort out the formatting on the recipes for the ebook, if they go out as is, they're a mess. I'm sure you'll fix it, but just FYI.
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Alice Beeton, proprietor of the Good Household Management Agency (and a distant relativeof THAT Mrs Beeton), provides domestic staff to the extremely well-heeled. When a potential new recruit lands in the office at exactly the same time that an urgent call comes in for a housekeeper, it looks like good luck.
But it isn't.
When the new housekeeper is found murdered at the house she was placed at, Alice feels morally obliged to find out what happened...
Brilliant. Hope this is the start of a series.
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This is a good murder mystery in the style of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. The connection to Mrs Beeton is a bonus and I really liked the inclusion of recipes throughout the story. The final exposure of the killer was quite a surprise. I would recommend this book.
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Alice Beaton is a distant relative of Mrs Beaton of the bakery cookbooks and housekeeper extraordinaire fame. Alice’s housekeeping agency finds itself mid murder investigation and Alice and her chums set about finding out who the murder we is and what is exactly going on. This book hopefully will be part of a long series and Alice can get more involved with the dishy detective Rigby. Thank you NetGalley for this arc in exchange of an honest review..
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Miss Alice Beeton runs the Good Household Management Agency, she places staff to the rich, housekeepers, drivers, chefs and she runs a tight ship. When she gets a call from the feted Messants whose Housekeeper has abruptly left, she places Enya Fischer who happens to have come in that day requiring a position.
Yet when Enya is found dead at the Messants New Year’s Eve party, it is Alice who is best placed to get to the bottom of this murderous puzzle.
This book was a delight for a crime and cosy crime fan like me. I loved the premise of Alice Beeton, descendant of the OG Mrs Beeton running a household agency. I adored Agatha named for the OG Mrs Christie, she is a fabulous character all by herself. The other characters are all wonderful, thought has been given to each one, even the minor ones, to exactly why they are there.
Alice has gumption, and seeing as I’m not too far away from her in age, it means I can imagine having my own murder agency too!
It’s light, it fun and it has a great murder mystery. I loved trying to puzzle it out!
I am hoping for lots more from Miss Alice Beeton and her murder agency