[Gutenberg 62187] • "The Quiet Life": Certain Verses by Various Hands
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- Authors
- Unknown
- Publisher
- Thomas & Mercer
- Tags
- poetry -- collections , mystery
- Date
- 2014-10-04T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 11.95 MB
- Lang
- en
**Revised edition: This edition of *A Quiet Life In The Country* includes editorial revisions.**
Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they’ve just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life.
But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There’s a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation…
As Lady Hardcastle and Flo delve deeper into rural rivalries and resentment, they uncover a web of intrigue that extends far beyond the village. With almost no one free from suspicion, they can be certain of only one fact: there is no such thing as a quiet life in the country.