Charity Ends At Home

from joannefm2

When Detective Inspector Purbright visits his superior, Chubb, the man is in possession of a a letter that seems, for all intents and purposes, to foretell of a murder not yet committed. But it was addressed only "My Dear Friend" and unsigned. While it purported to have a picture of the would-be ...

from austcrimefiction

There could be an argument made to the effect that I've currently got too many series revisits going on - what with this, the Flaxborough Chronicles, my rerun right through the Discworld novels, a restart of the Smiley series by Le Carre, and whatever else I've started and forgotten about in rece...

from pgchuis

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. Another instalment of Flaxborough crime: here Inspector Purbright is initially looking into an anonymous letter from a woman who fears for her life. Later a woman is indeed found dead. The fabulous Miss Teatime makes a cameo appear...

from GrandmaCootie

Charity Ends at Home, originally published in 1968, is the fifth novel in the Flaxborough Mystery series featuring Inspector Purbright and Sergeant Love. As with the first four books in the series, it's a good, solid murder mystery full of sly humor and wit and a colorful cast of characters that ...

from smik

Three prominent citizens, including the editor of the Flaxborough Citizen and Chief Constable Chubb, receive a letter that begins "This is an urgent appeal. I am in great danger. The person whose companion I have been intends to do away with me." In the uneventful town of Flaxborough it is hard t...