Murder at Mallowan Hall

As head of household for none other than Agatha Christie,Phyllida Bright finds her position includes polishing silverserving luncheons…and drawing inspiration from the crime author’s fictional detectives when mysterious deaths at Mallowan Hall baffle her famous employer… Tucked away among Devon’s rolling green hillsMallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright manages the large household with an iron fist in her very elegant glove. In one respecthoweverMallowan Hall stands far apart from other picturesque country houses. For the manor is home to archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wife—Agatha Christie… Phyllida is both loyal to and protective of the crime writerwho is as much friend as employer. An aficionado of detective fictionPhyllida has yet to find a gentleman in real life half as fascinating as Mrs. Agatha’s Belgian heroHercule Poirot. But though accustomed to murder and its methods as frequent topics of conversationPhyllida is unprepared for the sight of a very realvery dead body on the library floor… It soon becomes clear that the victim arrived at Mallowan Hall under false pretenses during a weekend party. And when another dead body is discovered—this timeone of her housemaids—Phyllida decides to follow in M. Poirot’s footsteps to determine which of the Mallowans’ guests is the killer. Now only Phyllida’s wits will prevent her own story from coming to an abrupt end…