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An Appetite for Murder: A Frances Doughty Mystery 4 (The Frances Doughty Mysteries) Kindle Edition

by Linda Stratmann (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 out of 5 stars 298 ratings

The sudden death of overweight 49-year-old Thomas Whibley sparks off an acrimonious furore in Bayswater, and sparks fly between rival diet doctors, vegetarians and the extremist Pure Food Society. Young sleuth Frances Doughty is engaged to discover the author of anonymous libels, when a former colleague of Whibley’s, Hubert Sweetman, who has served fourteen years in prison for a violent robbery he claims he did not commit, asks her to trace his estranged family. Before she can start, however, the police arrive and arrest her client for the murder of his wife. There will be more murders and a vicious attack on Frances before she finally resolves a number of knotty questions. Is Hubert Sweetman really innocent? Where are his missing children? And who wielded the poisoned pen?
The fourth book in the popular Frances Doughty Mystery series.

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  1. Book 4 of 8
    The Frances Doughty Mysteries
  2. Print length
    290 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    The History Press
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  6. Publication date
    April 8, 2014
  7. File size
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LINDA STRATMANN is a former chemist’s dispenser and civil servant who now writes full time. As well as the Frances Doughty mystery series, she is also the author of the Mina Scarletti mysteries, set in Brighton. She lives in London.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01H5SOPQY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The History Press
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 8, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.2 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0750955096
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 4 of 8 ‏ : ‎ The Frances Doughty Mysteries
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    4.0 out of 5 stars 298 ratings

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Linda was born in Leicester in 1948 and first started scribbling stories and poems at the age of six. She became interested in true crime when watching Edgar Lustgarten on TV in the 1950s. Linda attended Wyggeston Girls Grammar School, trained to be a chemists dispenser, and later studied at Newcastle University where she obtained a first in Psychology. She then spent 27 years in the civil service before leaving to devote her time to writing. Linda loves spending time in libraries and archives and really enjoys giving talks on her subject. Visit linda at her website www.lindastratmann.com

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  • Mary L
    5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE THIS SERIES
    Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2023
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    Great series, Frances Doughty is a thorough detective, and I just love her.
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  • Damaskcat
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Appetite for Murder
    Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2014
    When overweight Thomas Whibley dies, his death sparks an acrimonious correspondence in the local paper about dieting and the dangers of being overweight. Frances Doughty is asked to find out who wrote the libellous letters. At the same time she is approached by a man who has recently been released from prison and who wants to trace his estranged family. It is this latter case which puts Frances in opposition to Inspect Sharrock.

    This is an entertaining and well written Victorian mystery which shows extremely well how women had to struggle to make their own living at this period of history. Frances’ reputation is growing and she has plenty of work and she is gradually building up a network of contacts who are willing to help her with information on a quid pro quo basis. I enjoyed reading this fourth episode in the Frances Doughty series. The dialogue and characters are believable and realistic and not everything goes the way of our heroine all the time.

    If you like historical crime series then give this one a try. The books can be read in any order though it is interesting to see how the series characters develop if you start with the first one in the series which is ‘The Poisonous Seed.’
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  • Historical Jude
    5.0 out of 5 stars Never any doubt, it's going to be a good read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2018
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    Excellent read, well researched era but the characters are well drawn and believable. Linda Stratmann has a real flair for writing an enthralling story, with humour and quirky twists. You just want to know who done it but the end of her books comes to soon, always with a surprise. I rarely guess how they are going to end, there's always an unexpected twist. The stories are imaginative and unusual, hard to put down, these books are a real delight,
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  • Scott
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2017
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    Great book, i really like this author, storyline keeps you guessing throughout, many twists and plots along the way.
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  • MC in Guernsey
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not as the previous ones
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2014
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    I really liked the previous 3 Francs Doughty novels; I wasn't as pleased with this one, I found the plot a bit to difficult to follow. However, the level of research the author puts into all her books is incredible!
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  • Damaskcat
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Appetite for Murder
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2014
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    When overweight Thomas Whibley dies, his death sparks an acrimonious correspondence in the local paper about dieting and the dangers of being overweight. Frances Doughty is asked to find out who wrote the libellous letters. At the same time she is approached by a man who has recently been released from prison and who wants to trace his estranged family. It is this latter case which puts Frances in opposition to Inspect Sharrock.

    This is an entertaining and well written Victorian mystery which shows extremely well how women had to struggle to make their own living at this period of history. Frances’ reputation is growing and she has plenty of work and she is gradually building up a network of contacts who are willing to help her with information on a quid pro quo basis. I enjoyed reading this fourth episode in the Frances Doughty series. The dialogue and characters are believable and realistic and not everything goes the way of our heroine all the time.

    If you like historical crime series then give this one a try. The books can be read in any order though it is interesting to see how the series characters develop if you start with the first one in the series which is ‘The Poisonous Seed.’
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  • JJ
    4.0 out of 5 stars A diet to die for
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2014
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    If you have read any other Frances Doughty Mysteries you will know what to expect in this one. There is a knotty problem for Frances to unravel, and much to her assistant Sarah's consternation she takes on a murder case. She has just agreed to help a man, newly released from prison, find his wife and family when the police march in and arrest him.
    The book follows the same sort of pattern as the previous books but Linda Stratmann still wrong footed me when I thought I had things sussed.
    Frances is an interesting character, young, clever, observant, making her own way in the world, supporting herself all at a time, in the late 1800's, when most young women had only one ambition, to get married.
    I look forward to seeing how she grows.
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