Mary Ann M. (grammy) reviewed on 8/10/2006 + 55 more book reviews

Simon Hannaford and his sister Laurie agree to manor sit for rich Aunt Maude at Madingley Grange. Simon hatches a money-making scheme by staging a weekend of staged recreational murder and mayhem. They hire a bogus boozing butler and a cross-dressing maid, and assemble a motley group of well-heeled eccentrics. But the innocent game goes awry when a singularly obnoxious guest is assassinated for real. Did the butler do it? Are the family jewels in jeopardy? And most important, will the hapless victim have the good sense to remain dead? This is a delightful new twist to the classic English country manor mystery--proving that sometimes murder is a laughing matter. It is an outrageous tale of unsavory servants, pushy parvenus and the bloodiest of bores.

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