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Rent Corpse in a Gilded Cage
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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
Published: Jul 2008
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
Retail Price: $14.95
Synopsis
A man's home is his castle, but for Percy Spender ('call me perce') that motto has been taken just a bit too literally. After the sudden death of first one distant relative and then another, the amiable Perce has become the 12th Earl of Ellesmere. And his home, no longer a cozy council flat, is now the drafty, imposing Chetton Hall, complete with more bedrooms than Perce can count and an army of servants. Frankly, all these fancy-pants trappings make Perce itch. He'd just as soon sell up, buy a comfy cottage, and put a bundle on the ponies. However, some of his mates and family members have other ideas. And the sad fact is that an Unfortunate Accident can happen to anyone, even a lord of the realm.
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