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Ann Purser
Full Series List in Order
An Ivy Beasley Mystery
1 - The Hangman's Row Enquiry (May-2010)2 - The Measby Murder Enquiry (May-2011)
3 - The Wild Wood Enquiry (May-2012)
4 - The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry (May-2013)
5 - The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry (Apr-2014)
A Lois Meade Mystery
1 - Murder on Monday (Aug-2002)2 - Terror on Tuesday (May-2003)
3 - Weeping on Wednesday (Jan-2004)
4 - Theft on Thursday (Jan-2005)
5 - Fear on Friday (Nov-2005)
6 - Secrets on Saturday (Aug-2006)
7 - Sorrow on Sunday (Jul-2007)
8 - Warning at One (Nov-2008)
9 - Tragedy at Two (Dec-2009)
10 - Threats at Three (Dec-2010)
11 - Foul Play at Four (Dec-2011)
12 - Found Guilty at Five (Dec-2012)
13 - Scandal at Six (Dec-2013)
14 - Suspicion at Seven (Dec-2014)
Book List in Order: 26 titles
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Murder on Monday
- Aug-2002
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MEET LOIS MEADE--a working-class mum who cleans houses for a living but makes solving murders her business... A devoted wife and mother of three, Lois Meade cleans several houses in the quaint village of Long Farnden. Though her profession has giv...
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Terror on Tuesday
- May-2003
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After mopping up Murder on Monday, working-class mum Lois Meade is back cleaning houses for a living near the quaint village of Long Farnden--and solving mysteries on the side... Housecleaning is hard work. But when Lois decides to take a little b...
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Weeping on Wednesday
- Jan-2004
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She's mopped up Murder on Monday. She's tidied up Terror on Tuesday. This Wednesday, working-class mum and housecleaner extraordinaire Lois Meade returns for more mystery--but it seems that someone wants her to wash her hands of it all... Long Far...
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Theft on Thursday
- Jan-2005
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She's mopped up Murder on Monday. She's tidied up Terror on Tuesday. And she's wiped up Weeping on Wednesday. But on Thursday, working-class mum and cleaner extraordinaire Lois Meade earns that some work days can be a real killer... In the village...
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Fear on Friday
- Nov-2005
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She's mopped up Murder on Monday. She's tidied up Terror on Tuesday. She's wiped up Weeping on Wednesday. And she's threshed out Theft on: Thursday. But on Friday, working-class mum and cleaner extraordinaire Lois Meade finds that there's always work...
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Secrets on Saturday
- Aug-2006
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She's mopped up Murder on Monday and flushed out Fear on Friday. But on Saturday, working-class mum and cleaner extraordinaire Lois Meade finds that part-time sleuths never catch a day off... Gossip thrives in the village of Long Farnden and Lois ...
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Sorrow on Sunday
- Jul-2007
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She's mopped up Murder on Monday and sussed out Secrets on Saturday. Surely Sunday, of all days, should be crime free. But working-class mum, cleaner extraordinaire, and part-time sleuth Lois Meade is about to discover that not everyone believes in ...
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Warning at One
- Nov-2008
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She's worked through all of the days of the week, turning up clues and scrubbing up both messes and murderers in the village of Long Farriden. But crime is a persistent stain, and Lois Meade is finding that sleuthing takes up as much time as she can ...
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Tragedy at Two
- Dec-2009
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She's worked through all the days of the week, turning up clues and scrubbing up both messes and murderers in the village of Long Farnden. But crime is a persistent stain, and Lois Meade is finding that sleuthing is rarely a spotless endeavor... Loi...
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The Hangman's Row Enquiry
- May-2010
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In this new series, Purser turns the spotlight on the beloved character of Ivy Beasley -- a spinster as cantankerous as she is clever -- who's found a silver lining in her golden years as an amateur sleuth. Ivy Beasley may have been moved to assiste...
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Threats at Three
- Dec-2010
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She's worked through all the days of the week, turning up clues and scrubbing up both messes and murderers in the village of Long Farnden. But crime is a persistent stain, and Lois Meade is finding that sleuthing is rarely a spotless endeavor... A c...
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The Measby Murder Enquiry
- May-2011
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The author of The Hangman's Row Enquiry presents a brand new mystery, as cantankerous spinster Ivy Beasley finds that spending her golden years in the quaint village of Barrington won't be as quiet as she thought. Ivy hasn't been in assisted livin...
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Foul Play at Four
- Dec-2011
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She's worked through all the days of the week, turning up clues and scrubbing up both messes and murderers in the village of Long Farnden. But crime is a persistent stain... Magistrate Mrs. Tollervey-Jones represents the upper crust of the village...
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The Wild Wood Enquiry
- May-2012
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In a brand-new mystery from the author of The Measby Murder Enquiry, the cantankerous golden years gumshoe Ivy Beasley keeps her mental faculties sharp with a strict regimen of crime detection. Apart from the unwelcome noise made by the morning c...
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Found Guilty at Five
- Dec-2012
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She’s had her hands full sorting out both clues and clutter in the village of Long Farnden. But a mother’s work is never done, and Lois Meade is discovering detective work is both dirty and dangerous… A wedding is always a happy occasion, e...
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The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry
- May-2013
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Save the date: Ivy Elizabeth Beasley is ready to share her golden years and plans to wed Roy Vivian Goodman on the fifth of May. A spinster no more, the private eye is in for marriage, murder, and mishaps galore... It’s the talk of Ivy Beasley'...
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Scandal at Six
- Dec-2013
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Lois Meade has scrubbed her way through the homes in Long Farnden, and she’s not afraid of dusting cobwebs and killing a few bugs. But in her role as amateur sleuth, she’s learning that if there’s one thing to beware of, it’s a snake in the g...
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The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry
- Apr-2014
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Retiree Ivy Beasley, a college student? Interested in penning her memoirs, Ivy decides to take a creative writing course. But it's hard to find time to put pen to paper when this current chapter is so full of lies, jealousy and murder... Rumors a...
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Suspicion at Seven
- Dec-2014
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Lois Meade has done enough buffing and polishing over the years with her cleaning business, New Brooms, to know that all that glitters is not gold. So when a bag of costume jewelry is the main clue in a murder, she has a strong suspicion that appeara...
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Mixed Doubles
At first sight, the villagers of Round Ringford are preparing for an old-fashioned summer, but everyone's attention is really on two new arrivals - Simon Standing, returned from America to live at the Hall, and the debonair George Chalmer, who become...
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New Every Morning
In the tranquil village of Round Ringford, trouble is brewing. From the Post Office Stores, Peggy Palmer sees upheaval in her own life as her new marriage is threatened. Fighting jealousy and suspicion, she battles with herself as well as her husba...
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Orphan Lamb
When Robert Bates marries Mandy, a girl from the town, his parents do not approve. Robert is from an old farming family and he is turning his back on farming by establishing a motor maintenance garage at the bottom of their garden. But Mandy and Robe...
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Pastures New
Round Ringford is a village in England. It is a small village, but beginning to be touched by urban life. It has one or two commuters, and is likely to have more as the nearby motorway is extended. But mostly it is old rivalries, and having lived the...
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Spinster of This Parish
It is a year since Ivy Beasley, an ageing spinster with a waspish tongue and an all seeing eye, watched with deep suspicion as her new neighbours, the Palmers, moved into Round Ringford Post Office. Peggy Palmer's warm friendship with unhappily mar...
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