Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook (Victorian Mystery)

Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook (Victorian Mystery) by Brightwell, Emily. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780425150535.

Meet the inspector and Mrs. Jeffries--in a delightful mystery series set in Victorian England--and featuring the most charming characters ever to crack a case. STICKY FINGERS, HELPING HANDS... Minerva Kenny is a dear woman, but her tendency to "borrow" things without asking has finally caught up with her. William Barrett has learned Minervas shameful secret, and hes holding it over her head. Mrs. Jeffries and the staff have hatched a scheme to save her...but when they try to recover the damning evidence from Barrett, they discover something more shocking: Barretts corpse. Considering the victims wicked ways, Minerva is far from the only suspect. And when the inspectors cook is called away suddenly, Mrs. Jeffries finds herself doing double duty: cooking for the household--and trying to cook this killers goose... IS THERE A DETECTIVE IN THE HOUSE? She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon...and keeps him on his toes. Everyones awed by his Scotland Yard successes--but they dont know about his secret weapon. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, Mrs. Jeffriess polished detection skills are up to the task...proving that behind every great man theres a woman--and that a crime-solvers work is never done.