{"product_id":"fatal-charm-a-tessa-crichton-mystery-9781914150357","title":"Fatal Charm: A Tessa Crichton Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Rotten news, isn't it?'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Rotten, ' I agreed, taking it that he referred to the state of the national economy, 'but I daresay it will come all right in the end.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe stared at me as though I were either raving mad or drunk, which was excusable, since it turned out that he had been talking about the untimely death of Eliza Deverell.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe renowned Deverell theatrical family, gathers to celebrate the 80th birthday of its matriarch, actress Evadne Proctor, on a TV show specializing in celebrities' lives. An unexpected guest is daughter Eliza, a former actress now married to an anthropologist and living on a Pacific island. Always a source of tension in a bickering family, Eliza is soon found in her hotel room, dead from a mixture of pain-killers and alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActress Tessa Crichton and her husband, chief inspector Robin Price, become involved, and while Evadne angles for a suicide verdict, Tessa finds that Eliza had a lot to live for. Soon other members of the Deverell clan excite Tessa's suspicions. This final 'Tessa Crichton' mystery shows Anne Morice's dry wit and keen observations in full effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFatal Charm\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1988. This new edition features an introduction and afterword by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A light hand, an engaging ease, and an inventive mind: all welcome qualities in the writing of crime novels.' \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What makes her such good company - and the whole point of Miss Morice's book is to converse, as it were, with Tessa Crichton - is not her deductive skill but her shrewd eye and quick tongue for people and situations.' \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914150357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.45d","brand":"Anne Morice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40894327062709,"sku":"9781914150357","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_502df088-7515-4739-b03d-394b649fbb9a.jpg?v=1630415322","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fatal-charm-a-tessa-crichton-mystery-9781914150357","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}