Devil-May-Care
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.55 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786158530 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 426 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mysterious Happenings at Aunt Kate's Pretty darn good. I hate to admit it, but this is the first book I've read by Barbara Mertz (aka Barbara Michaels and Elizabeth Peters), but it won't be the last. (I have already begun on her Amanda Peabody series.) Ellie, a young woman from the city, promises to house sit her aunt's mansion in rural Virginia, and all kinds o. Peabody she's not Pat Benfield I love Ms Peters' books that take place in Eqypt with the daring, loveable, and eccentric Emerson family and their friends. I know when I start one of these books, there won't be any chores done until I finish the whole thing.I can't say the same for Ellie, the heroine, of this story. It might just be that I am more intereste. A bit of the paranormal? J Davis This is an unusual Elizabeth Peters' mystery, but I found it an enjoyable read. Elli is a young woman engaged to a self-centered, social-climbing attorney. She is going to house sit for her eccenentric, old aunt who lives in a mansion with an assortment of pets. Shortly after her aunt leaves on vacation, ghostly events start
"There's mirth as well as mayhem in Peters's mysteries, and Grace Conlin reads with a mischievousness.Her arch delivery reinforces Peters's descriptions of unlikable people, Ellie's stuffed-shirt fiancé in particular, but her voice warms when impersonating Ellie's eccentric aunt or Ellie herself." --AudioFile
Elizabeth Peters (1927-2013) was a New York Times bestselling author whose novels were often set against historical backdrops. She also wrote bestselling books under the pseudonym Barbara Michaels.Grace Conlin (1962-1997) was the recording name of Grainne Cassidy, an award-winning actress and acclaimed narrator. She was a member of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC, and won a Hele
Ellie is young, rich, in love, and engaged. With its nearly invisible housekeepers and plethora of pets, Ellie feels right at home. In the carefree days before marriage and new responsibility, she decides to house-sit at Aunt Kate's palatial estate in Burton, Virginia. But when she opens an antique book about the town's aristocracy, she finds disturbing secrets that extend to her own family. Unwittingly, she has aroused a terrible vengeance that is now aimed at her.. Suddenly, Ellie's interest in the past is attracting a slew of unwelcome guests--some of them living and some, perhaps, not