Mrs. Jeffries and the Midwinter Murders

By Emily Brightwell,

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Mrs. Jeffries and Inspector Witherspoon should be checking off their Christmas present lists but instead they’re listing murder suspects in this latest entry of the beloved Victorian Mystery series.

TIS THE SEASON FOR MURDER
 
Harriet Andover was a smart businesswoman who did not suffer fools gladly, yet somehow her house…

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1 author picked Mrs. Jeffries and the Midwinter Murders as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

When I was a kid, my Mum loved Upstairs Downstairs—a TV show about a household in Victorian England and the lives of the gentry upstairs and the servants downstairs. Nobody was allowed to even whisper when it was on. 

Well, the Mrs Jeffries Mysteries would have blown her mind. Because the servants in Detective Witherspoon’s household not only do regular servanting but also solve murders on the fly. 

There are loads of great characters: Mrs Goodge, the surly cook, Smythe, the fierce-looking coachman with a heart of gold, and of course Mrs Jeffries herself, who’s like a sherry-guzzling Sherlock Holmes…

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