Sheila Malory, a middle-aged widow and expert on nineteenth-century novelists, turns detective when an old friend asks her to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his fiancee from a small English seaside town

Mrs. Malory Investigates

HOLT, Hazel

Literature & Fiction

St Martins Pr

Sheila Malory's pleasant return to Oxford is disturbed when she is drawn into the inquiry into a bizarre accidental death--all of which raises uncomfortable questions about Sheila's own student past

The Cruellest Month

Even in a small village like Taviscombe, one is bound to have an unpleasant neighbor. For Sheila Malory, the local poet, biographer, and busybody Adrian Palgrove fits the bill. So Sheila is none too pleased to encounter Adrian at a literary lunch, where he smugly relates the news that he's been appointed executor of a well-known author's estate, whose papers, Adrian confides, contain explosive revelations. Back home at Taviscombe, Sheila unhappily sees still more of Adrian during preparations for the local festival, as Adrian's overbearing manner makes enemies of nearly everyone on the festival planning committee. But who could have guessed that the first event of the festival was to be Adrian's last? Who disliked the man enough to kill him - and kill again? When the list of likely candidates is nearly as long as the local telephone directory, Sheila Malory has her work cut out for her in Hazel Holt's most ingenious, entertaining new mystery.

Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder

Sheila Malory enjoys her visits to the West Lodge Nursing Home, where resident Mrs. Jankiewicz offers lively company and interesting gossip about their friends. Since the latest news has the wealthy widow Edith Rossiter's scheming daughter, Thelma, pressuring her to sign over a substantial inheritance against her wishes, Sheila suspects the worst when Mrs. Rossiter disappears after a shopping trip. A search of her room reveals that her sleeping pills are missing, and reports circulate of a mysterious man and woman seen speaking to Mrs. Rossiter. But investigations of possible suicide or kidnapping reach a dead end, and only when Sheila's son, Michael, makes a chance discovery while researching in a library does the mystery unravel, revealing a truth more surprising than Sheila could ever have imagined.

The Shortest Journey

Lee Montgomery does not fit into the West Country town where she runs her estate agency. When she disappears, her fiance, asks his friend, Sheila Mallory, to keep her eyes and ears open for any information. Sheila finds that beneath the tranquil routine is an undercurrent of duplicity and violence.

Gone Away (Pan Crime)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Pan/Macmillan

The Shortest Journey : A Sheila Malory Mystery

Pan Books

Sheila Malory is swept up in the organization of the Taviscombe Festival, and has to spend more and more time in the company of the unpleasant Adrian Palgrave whose overbearing manner makes him unpopular with almost everyone. But everyone is shocked when his lifeless and bloody body is found.

An Uncertain Death

Sheila Malory is once again involved in a murder case when an elderly woman dies in suspicious circumstances. Dr Crowley wants to convert his property and he evicts Miss Graham. She is then found poisoned and another murder rapidly follows. Someone will stop at nothing to achieve their aims.

Superfluous Death

Wealthy socialite Freda Spencer has never been one 
to shy away from controversey. As chairman of the Managemant 
committee of the Brunswick Lodge where Sheila Malory works, she 
is a regular subject of local gossip...and more than a little 
local animosity. Lately she has been seen making the rounds 
with a much younger man whom everyone believes is in it only 
for the money. Complicating things is the appearance of an old 
flame of Freda's who arrives for a school reunion. So when the 
dowager turns up dead, Sheila has a whole slew of suspects to 
scrutinize!\nPraise for THE ONLY GOOD LAWYER: * "Holt's sleuth remains as 
charming and politely inquisitive as ever."--Publishers Weekly 
* "Holt is in good form here...solidly readable."--Kirkus 
Reviews\nPraise for MRS. MALORY: DEATH OF A DEAN * "[Holt applies] her 
characteristic deft touch in rendering contemporary English 
village life...this series [is] the very model of the modern 
mystery cozy." --Publishers Weekly * "The politely lethal 
mixture is literate and engaging...a delectable treat for cozy 
lovers, British style." --Kirkus Reviews

Dead and Buried

Pan Books, Ltd.

When the unsavory Mr. Masefield is murdered, locals and the law blame Sheila Malory's future daughter-in-law. Now Sheila must untangle the truth before the real killer strikes again.

Lilies That Fester

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