The Bee's Kiss

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It is 1926 and Joe Sandilands is back from India, enjoying the frantic pleasures of Jazz Age London. Yet there is a darkness behind all that post-war gaiety. A woman has been found bludgeoned to death in her suite at the Ritz. A broken window and missing emerald necklace suggest that it is a burglary gone wrong. But the corpse is that of a much-respected member of the British establishment, Dame Beatrice Jagow-Joliffe, one of the founders of the Wrens, and so Scotland Yard send Joe to conduct a swift inquiry. He soon discovers that this Dame was no y^^,ed-wearing matron - Titian-haired Patrice wore evening gowns by Lanvin and perfume by Caron, she drank cocktails and had a young lover.
But it seems that death dogs her footsteps and Joe finds himself enquiring into the apparent suicides of three young women who had been close to her. He is dismayed when he is suddenly called upon by his superiors to close the case and surrender the file. Against the background of the looming... Tovább

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It is 1926 and Joe Sandilands is back from India, enjoying the frantic pleasures of Jazz Age London. Yet there is a darkness behind all that post-war gaiety. A woman has been found bludgeoned to death in her suite at the Ritz. A broken window and missing emerald necklace suggest that it is a burglary gone wrong. But the corpse is that of a much-respected member of the British establishment, Dame Beatrice Jagow-Joliffe, one of the founders of the Wrens, and so Scotland Yard send Joe to conduct a swift inquiry. He soon discovers that this Dame was no y^^,ed-wearing matron - Titian-haired Patrice wore evening gowns by Lanvin and perfume by Caron, she drank cocktails and had a young lover.
But it seems that death dogs her footsteps and Joe finds himself enquiring into the apparent suicides of three young women who had been close to her. He is dismayed when he is suddenly called upon by his superiors to close the case and surrender the file. Against the background of the looming General Strike and pressure from unseen government forces, he batdes on, picking his way round the pohtical panic and hostile authorities, through to a shattering solution.
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Barbara Cleverly was born in the north of Engi. nd and is a graduate of Durham University. She now lives in the mi lie of Cambridge. The Bee's Kiss is her fifth Joe Sandilands novel; her first, The Last Kashmiri Rose, was named by the NewYork Times 2ls a'notable book of 2002'. To find out more about the series and about Barbara, visit the website w\w.barbaracleverlv com
Ptaise for Barbara Cleverly s Joe Sandilands novels
'A well-plotted first novel . . .The atmosphere of the dying days of the Raj is colourfully captured. An enjoyable read.' Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph
'Devotees of the classic golden age whodunits will delight in British author Cleverly s third Joe Sandilands mystery set in India in 1922; it evokes, and in some Ways surpasses, the work of Agatha Christie/i PuBL/SHERS H^eekly. ¦ ; >
'The historical background of Barbara Cleverly s riovel is i fascinating as the murder. Stiff upperlip soldiers, Americar heiresses, handsome Afghaii tribesmen - they are all here i spades. A great blood and guts blockbustefi' Guardian
Solidly plotted throughout, with lots of energy and ii period accoutrements up to scratch and true to the R ij.' / ¦ Literary Review ^
'[Thé Damascened Blade] combines attention to col .iiful historical detail with a modern rendition of the cl: ssical r^- -^v novel.' Peter Guttridge. Obset?' < Vissza