Right Ho Smithers- Pandemonium At Ponsby

<p>Dive beak-first into a riotous romp through the English countryside where tea is sacred ducks are militant and dumbwaiters hide more than secrets. When Reginald 'Reggie' Marlow' an unsuspecting gent with a fondness for cravats and confusion inherits his late aunt's eccentric estate at Ponsby he finds himself tangled in a mystery involving missing aristocrats belligerent birds and a valet Smithers whose intellect could outfox Sherlock Holmes-if Holmes had been interrupted by flying teapots and séance cheese.</p><p>With a cast of scandal-prone cousins a parrot that speaks fluent sarcasm and one especially smug mallard named Cyril <em>A <strong>Right Ho! Smithers- Pandemonium At Ponsby</strong> </em>is a delightfully absurd mystery-comedy in the grand tradition of P.G. Wodehouse . Perfect for fans of dry wit country-house capers and mysteries where the only thing truly at stake is afternoon tea.<br><strong>A Comedy of Manners Mayhem and Mallards</strong></p><p><strong>A missing aristocrat. A valet with Sherlockian wits. And one unusually vindictive duck.</strong></p><p>When Reggie inherits Ponsby Manor from his formidable late aunt (whose idea of affection was throwing teaspoons) he anticipates a quiet life among the roses and relics. What he gets instead is a house full of secrets cousins clamouring for inheritance mysterious telegrams from the Queen and a séance involving a cheese wheel and a broken umbrella.</p><p>Enter Smithers-the valet with more brains than the rest of the county combined-and Cyril a duck who may or may not be staging a coup. Toss in an American cousin who thinks every problem can be solved with a baseball bat and metaphors and things spiral faster than a vicar in a wheelbarrow.</p><p><strong>Will Smithers save the estate-or will the ducks take over entirely?</strong></p>