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A scandal in scarlet / Vicki Delany.

by Delany, Vicki, 1951-

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Crooked Lane, 2018.

Booksellers and bookselling -- Fiction.

Fires -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

London (England) -- Fiction.

Delany, Vicki, 1951- Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery ; 4.

"Gemma and Jayne donate their time to raise money for the rebuilding of a burned out museum- but a killer wants a piece of the auction. Walking her dog Violet late one night, Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop, acts quickly when she smells smoke outside Scarlet House, the West London Museum. Damage to the historic house is extensive, and Baker Street's shop owners organize an afternoon auction tea to raise funds to rebuild. Excitement fills the air (along with the aromas of Jayne Wilson's delightful scones) in Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room, but before the gavel can fall, museum board chair Kathy Lamb is found dead in the back room with a long rope of decorative knotted tea cups wrapped tightly around her neck. The suspect list is long, and the case far from elementary. Does Kathy's killing have any relation to a mysterious death of seven years ago? Gemma has no intention of getting involved in the investigation, but when fellow shopkeeper Maureen finds herself the prime suspect she begs Gemma for her help. Detective Ryan Ashburton knows Gemma's methods and he isn't happy when she gets entangled in another mystery. But with so many suspects and so few clues, her deductive prowess will prove invaluable in A Scandal in Scarlet, Vicki Delany's shrewdly plotted fourth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery."--Publisher.

Mystery fiction.

Canadian fiction.

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