Medal for Murder

Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear''s Maisie Dobbs… They make excellent heroines. --Literary ReviewFrances Brody''s refreshingly complex heroine (Kirkus Reviews) picks up a case that takes her to the refined streets of 1920s Harrogate in A Medal for MurderA pawn-shop robberyIt''s no rest for the wicked as Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case. But exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to Harrogate in Yorkshire England - and murder is only one step behind ...A fatal stabbingA night at the theatre should have been just what the doctor ordered until Kate stumbles across a body in the doorway. The knife sticking out of its chest definitely suggests a killer in the theatre''s midst.A ransom demandKate likes nothing better than a mystery - and nothing better than solving them. So when a ransom note demands £1000 for the safe return of the play''s leading lady the refined streets of Harrogate play host to Kate''s skills in piecing together clues - and luring criminals out of their lairs…