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    Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honour
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    Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honour

    By Simon Brett

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    Hired by another widow, Veronica Chastaigne, to return all the art treasures that her late husband accumulated in a long career of larceny, Mrs Pargeter is forced to find out more than she would wish about the deceased Mr P’s “business activities” as she recreates one of his most famous scams.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSevern House Publishers
    Release dateJun 1, 2012
    ISBN9781448300228
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    Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honour
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    Simon Brett

    Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full time. As well as the much-loved Fethering series, the Mrs Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris detective series, he has written a number of radio and television scripts. Married with three children, he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs. You can find out more about Simon at his website: www.simonbrett.com

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    • 5/5
      OMG!!! This was hysterically funny and suspenseful!

      The "late" Mr Pargeter was a master criminal with a large and trustworthy group of companions, all who were "specialists" in their field...together there was nothing they could not accomplish!

      In this delightful story, Mrs Pargeter has promised her friend Veronica Chastaigne (whose husband worked w/ Mr. Pargeter) that all those lovely "original" pieces of art would be returned to the "rightful" owners, much to the dismay of Veronica's snotty son Toby.

      Mrs Pargeter calls upon her husband's former trusted friends to help her fulfill her "Point of Honor", but she has to deal with Toby, a rogue band of thieves, a bumbling copper trying to "make his mark" and an ambitious (intelligent) underling copper.

      I use to think "Mrs Pargeter" was just another boring "fussy Nosy Parker" like Miss Marple, but not so. Here we have an intelligent, mischievous mind set on making past deeds "Right", even if it takes on a criminal flavor!

      Certainly I intend on reading more of this series!