As head of household for none other than Agatha Christie, Phyllida
Bright finds her position includes polishing silver, serving
luncheons...and drawing inspiration from the crime author's fictional
detectives when mysterious deaths at Mallowan Hall baffle her famous
employer...
Tucked away among Devon's rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines
the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930.
Housekeeper Phyllida Bright manages the large household with an iron
fist in her very elegant glove. In one respect, however, Mallowan Hall
stands far apart from other picturesque country houses. For the manor is
home to archaeologist Max Mallowan and his famous wife--Agatha
Christie...
Phyllida is both loyal to and protective of the crime writer, who is as
much friend as employer. An aficionado of detective fiction, Phyllida
has yet to find a gentleman in real life half as fascinating as Mrs.
Agatha's Belgian hero, Hercule Poirot. But though accustomed to murder
and its methods as frequent topics of conversation, Phyllida is
unprepared for the sight of a very real, very dead body on the library
floor...
It soon becomes clear that the victim arrived at Mallowan Hall under
false pretenses during a weekend party. And when another dead body is
discovered--this time, one of her housemaids--Phyllida decides to follow
in M. Poirot's footsteps to determine which of the Mallowans' guests is
the killer. Now only Phyllida's wits will prevent her own story from
coming to an abrupt end...
