The shortest journey [eBook - NC Digital Library] : Mrs. Malory Mysteries, Book 3

A “hugely entertaining” English village mystery with “diverting, unexpected twists” (Booklist). Mrs. Edith Rossiter is a rich matron who also has a wealth of greedy relatives—a cold-blooded daughter, a wastrel son, and a desperate sister. But because she is in excellent health, none of them can hope to inherit anytime soon . . . So when Edith vanishes from Taviscombe’s finest nursing home, the police suspect the worst. Mrs. Rossiter was a close friend of Mrs. Sheila Malory, who as usual applies her skills as an amateur detective to delve into the lives of the missing woman and her hopeful heirs. Was Edith addicted to sleeping pills? What did the mysterious couple seen in Edith's company want from her? The truth will be stranger and more startling than even Mrs. Malory could have possibly imagined. “A wonderful heroine.” —St. Petersburg Times “Anglophiles will delight in the authentically British Mrs. Malory.” —Booklist While visiting several elderly acquaintances ensconced in the West Lodge nursing home, Sheila Malory, a comfortable middle-aged widow with a keen mind and a sharp eye for detail, becomes involved in a missing-persons investigation. When Mrs. Edith Rossiter, a gentle and timid resident of West Lodge, vanishes without a trace during a routine shopping trip, both her friends and the local police are baffled. Since her self-absorbed daughter and her ne'er-do-well son had been forcefully urging Mrs. Rossiter to release large portions of their inheritance, Sheila initially suspects them of conspiring against their mother. But as she delves more deeply into the case, she realizes that her friend's disappearance may have been deliberately staged by the victim herself. With the invaluable assistance of her son, Michael, a young law student, Sheila pieces together a multidimensional puzzle with roots in Mrs. Rossiter's unhappy youth Mrs. Edith Rossiter, a rich matron, also has a wealth of greedy relatives?a cold-blooded daughter, a wastrel son, and a desperate sister. Because she is in excellent health, none of them can hope to inherit anytime soon ... So when Edith vanishes from Taviscombe's finest nursing home, the police suspect the worst, despite the lack of evidence. Mrs. Rossiter was a close friend of Mrs. Sheila Malory, who as usual applies her skills as an amateur detective to delve into the lives of the missing woman and her hopeful heirs. Was Edith addicted to sleeping pills? What did the mysterious couple seen in Edith's company want from her? The truth will be stranger and more startling than even Mrs. Malory could have possibly imagined. The Shortest Journey is the third of Hazel Holt's Mrs. Malory mysteries

mrs. Malory Returns To Investigate A Rich Widow's Disappearance After Her Daughter Pressures Her Mother To Sign Over A Large Inheritance. There Are Many Surprises As The Dauntless Sleuth Delves Beneath The Peaceful Surface Of Village Life.

Gossip has it that the wealthy widow Edith Rossiter's scheming daughter is pressuring her to sign over a substantial inheritance against her wishes when Mrs. Rossiter--and her sleeping pills--disappear