Why shoot a butler?
About this book
Every family has secrets, but the Fountains' are turning deadly…On a dark night, along a lonely country road, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a young lady in distress and discovers a sports car with a corpse behind the wheel. The girl protests her innocence, and Amberley believes her—at least until he gets drawn into the mystery and the clues incriminating Shirley Brown begin to add up…In an English country-house murder mystery with a twist, it's the butler who's the victim, every clue complicates the puzzle, and the bumbling police are well-meaning but completely baffled. Fortunately, in ferreting out a desperate killer, amateur sleuth Amberley is as brilliant as he is arrogant, but this time he's not sure he wants to know the truth…
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3.7/5 · 5577 readers · 336 pages · ≈ 6 h 13 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read Why shoot a butler??
About ≈ 6 h 13 m — 336 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Why shoot a butler??
336 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Why shoot a butler??
It sits on the Historical Fiction, Thriller, Mystery shelves.
Is Why shoot a butler? in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in Why shoot a butler??
The main characters include Frank Amberley, Shirley Brown.
Where does Why shoot a butler? take place?
It is set in England.
Who wrote Why shoot a butler??
Georgette Heyer.