• Death at the Sign of the Rook
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook
  • Death at the Sign of the Rook

Death at the Sign of the Rook

Fiction, Crime & Thrillers | Hardback Published on: 22/08/2024
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Synopsis

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characters and a setting that even Agatha Christie might recognize – a vicar, an Army major, a Dowager, a sleuth and his sidekick - except that the sleuth is Jackson Brodie, and the ‘sidekick’ is DC Reggie Chase.

The crumbling house - Burton Makepeace and its chatelaine the Dowager Lady Milton - suffered the loss of their last remaining painting of any value, a Turner, some years ago. The housekeeper, Sophie, who disappeared the same night, is suspected of stealing it.

Jackson, a reluctant hostage to the snowstorm, has been investigating the theft of another painting: The Woman with a Weasel, a portrait, taken from the house of an elderly widow, on the morning she died. The suspect this time is the widow’s carer, Melanie. Is this a coincidence or is there a connection? And what secrets does the Woman with a Weasel hold? The puzzle is Jackson’s to solve. And let’s not forget that a convicted murderer is on the run on the moors around Burton Makepeace.

All the while, in a bid to make money, Burton Makepeace is determined to keep hosting a shambolic Murder Mystery that acts as a backdrop while the real drama is being played out in the house.

A brilliantly plotted, supremely entertaining, and utterly compulsive tour de force from a great writer at the height of her powers.

  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780857526571
  • Number of pages: 336
  • Weight: 537g
  • Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 31 mm