Delay of Execution by Hazel Holt
Working at an exclusive girls' school should have been a pleasure for Sheila Malory - until she begins to suspect murder has taken place...Sheila Malory is delighted if not a little terrified to be asked to help out at the prestigious Blakeney's Girls' School after a long break from teaching. And, she soon realises just what a hard act she has to follow, for she is replacing a teacher who died tragically - though not everyone believed that Margaret Hood was a healthy influence on the girls...When the unpopular headmistress is also found dead in the school grounds, Sheila begins to suspect that all is not as it seems at this well-to-do establishment. And, it appears that there is no shortage of people with the motive for murder...'The writing is easy and fluid; sly wit and irony lurk on every page' - "Sunday Times".
Hazel Holt has many devoted fans in the United States and Great Britain as a writer of "cosy" British mysteries; she has published nineteen Mrs. Malory novels at last count. She is also known to admirers of Barbara Pym as the friend and biographer who additionally edited Pym's posthumous works. Ms. Holt originated from Birmingham, England, where she attended King Edward VI High School for Girls. She studied at Newnham College, Cambridge, and went on to work at the International African Institute in London, where she became acquainted with the novelist Barbara Pym, whose biography she later wrote. Holt wrote her first novel in her sixties and is a leading crime novelist. She is best known for her "Sheila Malory" series. Her son is the novelist Tom Holt.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330484572 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330484575 |
| Title | Delay of Execution |
| Author | Hazel Holt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2002-10-11 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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