Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize
A Victorian Mystery #34
Berkley Prime Crime
March 1, 2016
ISBN-10: 042526811X
ISBN-13: 9780425268117
Available in: Paperback
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Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize
by Emily Brightwell
Mrs. Jeffries is back in the New York Times
bestselling Victorian series, perfect for fans of Downton
Abbey.
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The ladies of the Mayfair Orchid and Exotic Plant Society
are known for a bit of friendly rivalry, but the
backstabbing has never been literal—until now. When
Hiram Filmore, an orchid hunter and supplier, is found dead
in Mrs. Helena Rayburn’s conservatory, Inspector
Witherspoon is called in to weed out a murderer.
When it comes out that Mrs. Rayburn and her flowery friends
knew each other from long ago, Mrs. Jeffries begins to
suspect that there’s more to unearth about this case
than meets the eye. Now she, along with the rest of
Inspector Witherspoon’s household and friends, will
have to dig up the past to figure out which gardening
gentlewoman had a grudge worth killing for…
A Mrs. Jeffries Mystery
She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon . . . and keeps
him on his toes. Everyone’s awed by his Scotland Yard
successes—but they don’t know about his secret
weapon. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the
deed, Mrs. Jeffries’ polished detection skills are up
to the task . . . proving that behind every great man
there’s a woman—and that a crimesolver’s
work is never done.
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Emily Brightwell's Bio
Emily Brightwell was born in West Virginia, the middle sister to Nanette and Linda. Her family moved to Los Angeles in the early sixties, where she graduated from Pasadena High School.
After her high school years, Emily went to California State University Fullerton and earned a Degree in American Studies.
On a visit to England in 1975, one January morning in Leeds, Yorkshire she met the Englishman who would become her husband, Richard. They were married in May 1976 and returned to California in September 1977.
In 1988 Emily decided to try fiction writing and make a new career as a writer.
This was always a dream of hers so she began by writing romances and became a member of the Romance Writers of America. After her entry in the "unpublished authors" contest run by the Orange County chapter of the RWA, was a finalist, she was delighted, but the editor who read my manuscript was scathing in her criticism.
She was crushed for a day or so, but it hardened my resolve to continue writing. It was her very next proposal that sold to Silhouette and was published as a Special Edition under the pen name of Sarah Temple.
Emily wrote two more Special Editions for Silhouette but always wanted to write other kinds of fiction so when her agent asked if she would be interested in writing a Victorian mystery series for Prime Crime she jumped at the chance.