Jean taught English and Drama in various schools, from Hong Kong to Lancashire. She enjoyed writing plays, especially spoof murder mysteries: A is for Arsenic, B is for Bludgeon, C is for Cyanide were all set in ridiculously clichéd country houses, featuring sinister butlers and half-mad aristocrats poisoning or bashing their way to inheritances. A Lesson in Murder saw the slaughter of half a staff room by a lunatic former pupil bent on revenge naturally, that went down very well with the pupils. The highest point of her career as a playwright came with a performance of a reduced Hamlet in the presence of The Queen not an ideal choice, she thought afterwards almost the entire court of Denmark slaughtered.
Genres: Historical Mystery
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Series
Charles Dickens Investigations
1. The Murder of Patience Brooke (2014)
2. Death at Hungerford Stairs (2015)
3. Murder by Ghostlight (2016)
4. The Quickening and the Dead (2019)
5. At Midnight In Venice (2019)
6. The Redemption Murders (2020)
Murder by Magic (2020)
7. The Mystery of the Hawke Sapphires (2021)
8. The Chinese Puzzle (2021)
9. Summons to Murder (2021)
10. The Jaggard Case (2022)
11. The Waxwork Man (2023)
1. The Murder of Patience Brooke (2014)
2. Death at Hungerford Stairs (2015)
3. Murder by Ghostlight (2016)
4. The Quickening and the Dead (2019)
5. At Midnight In Venice (2019)
6. The Redemption Murders (2020)
Murder by Magic (2020)
7. The Mystery of the Hawke Sapphires (2021)
8. The Chinese Puzzle (2021)
9. Summons to Murder (2021)
10. The Jaggard Case (2022)
11. The Waxwork Man (2023)
Gothic House Mystery
1. The Legacy of Foulstone Manor (2024)
2. The Inheritors of Moonlyght Tower (2024)
3. The Secrets of Treasonfield House (2025)
1. The Legacy of Foulstone Manor (2024)
2. The Inheritors of Moonlyght Tower (2024)
3. The Secrets of Treasonfield House (2025)
J C Briggs recommends

The Mystery at Rake Hall (2025)
(C.S. Lewis Investigates, book 1)
Maureen Paton
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