Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Manna from Hades -- Oct 2017

MANNA FROM HADES  by Carola Dunn
Oct. 12, 2017


Born April 29, 1946, in London, England; immigrated to the United States, 1968;.
Addresses: Home: Eugene, OR. Agent: Northwest Literary Agency, 4500 108th Ave.
NE, Kirkland, WA 98033. E-mail: caroladunn@juno.com.


"CORNISH MYSTERY" SERIES

Manna from Hades, 2009.
Set in Cornwall in the 1960s, in the fictional fishing port of Port Mabyn on the
North Coast. The day after collecting donations, elderly widow Eleanor Trewynn and
the vicar's wife find the dead body of a long-haired, scruffy-looking youth hidden
in the stockroom of the charity shop.


A Colourful Death, 2010.
The Valley of the Shadow, 2012.
Buried in the Country, 2016


Other series by Carola Dunn:
Daisy Dalrymple Series: Superfluous Women (2015) #22
Corpse at the Crystal Palace, #23 will be out in July 2018



Regency Adventures  (most recent 1991)


Regency London  (most recent 1989)

Author’s Website:   http://caroladunn.weebly.com





Read Alikes:


Fethering mysteries by Simon Brett  Reason: Older women detectives equipped with
a certain wry humor and cozy English settings (one in Cornwall and one in a quiet
seaside town) characterize these mystery series. ­­ Victoria Caplinger


Penhale wood : a mystery by Julia Thomas. (2017)
On a cold December night in Cornwall, nanny Karen Peterson disappears with
three-year-old Sophie Flynn. The next day, the child's body is found on the banks
of Penhale Wood.


The Cornish coast murder  by John Bude (2016)
This reissue of a work by one of the most popular (but now largely forgotten)
writers of the golden age of British crime fiction has a spectacularly cozy opening:
as rain patters and a wind off the Atlantic moans around the windows of a vicar's
snug, fire-lit study, he waits for his weekly guest, the village doctor.


The villa of death : a mystery featuring Daphne du Maurier  by Joanna Challis. (2011)
Young Daphne du Maurier must defend of a friend who has been accused of murder
in this next installment in the beguiling mystery series that readers of Rebecca will love.


Angel with two faces; a mystery featuring Josephine Tey by Nicola Upson. (2010)
Scotland Yard Inspector Archie Penrose and mystery author Josephine Tey team up
to solve the murder of estate worker Harry Pinching in Penrose’s hometown in
Cornwall.


Lamorna Wink; a Richard Jury mystery by Martha Grimes  (1999)
After taking up residence in an old Cornish manor, Melrose Plant is quickly
drawn into a mystery involving the disappearance of his beloved aunt, but when
corpses begin surfacing all over the English countryside, Richard Jury will have to
step in to sort out the mess.

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