Snobbery with Violence: An Edwardian Murder Mystery (Paperback) by Marion Chesney, M C Beaton

from ChazziFrazz

I did not know that Chesney also wrote under the name M.C. Beaton when I picked this book up. I've read Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth books and enjoyed them and I've now added this series to that list. Lady Rose is not the typical Edwardian lady, content to become married off and stand in the ...

from Jenson_AKA_DL

Lady Rose Summer has never been comfortable with the constraints of propriety. As a result, she joined the suffragettes and in the process damaged her reputation irreparably, much to the disappointment of her parents. When finally one young man is interested in courting her, allegations that his ...

from Jenson_AKA_DL

Lady Rose Summer has never been comfortable with the constraints of propriety. As a result, she joined the suffragettes and in the process damaged her reputation irreparably, much to the disappointment of her parents. When finally one young man is interested in courting her, allegations that his ...

from tjsjohanna

Lady Rose Summer is an idealist who keeps trying to kick out against convention - but things don't turn out the way she hopes. Harry Cathcart gets involved when Rose's father tries to look out for his daughter. Harry thinks Rose is "unfeminine" but he can't help being attracted to her anyway. Ros...

from Auntie-Nanuuq

Marion Chesney is M.C. Beaton; I mostly like her other stories, if not the characters, but in this series, I actually (so far) like the characters as well: When a marriage proposal appears imminent for the beautiful, yet very intelligent, stubborn, & rebellious, Lady Rose Summer, her father wants...