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Detective Book Club: Dog in the manger; Windfall; The Leper of Saint Giles
Detective Book Club Dog in the manger Windfall The Leper of Saint Giles Author:Ursula Curtiss, Desmond Bagley, Ellis Peters 1: Dog in the manger by Ursula Curtiss (c)1982: Elderly Mrs. Ivy has an earful one day. Some "kindhearted" young relatives make some unpleasantly suggestive remarks. Mrs. Ivy does not care for their attitudes, so Mrs. Ivy changes her will...the relatives will not care for that. But darling Roger and Hattie Callahan will..they're the new benefici... more »aries, if they can stay alive long enough to collect. 2: Windfall by Desmond Bagley (c)1982: An ex-CIA operative is thrown into a search and seize investigation. He finds the goods, delivers them...and is himself thrown out. It's all very fishy. Ben Hardin, the former agent, subsequently travels to England where he meets the head of a major industrial security company, then it's on to Kenya. Will Ben emerge from the Dark Continent alive? Or will his nose for "shady business" prove fatal? 3: The Leper of St. Giles by Ellis Peters (c)1981: A gross, self-indulgent but very powerful baron is murdered on the eve of his wedding. The young squire whom the baron has just dismissed is the prime suspect. Where was Huon de Domville returning from and who knew his movements well enough..to ambush and kill the man in the dark of night? It's up to Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk, to track down the real killer.« less