Murder on the Apricot Coast

The eagerly-awaited sequel to the bestselling The Apricot Colonel is another charming novel of fruit preserving, cross-dressing . . . and murder. Cosy crime at its very best. All is not as it seems in the calm, well-ordered streets of the nation's capital. After the turbulence of their courtship, Cassandra and the colonel have settled into wedded bliss - only to have it shattered by a death far too close to home. A friend's daughter is found dead from a drug overdose - a tragic suicide. But when her unfinished manuscript turns up containing an explosive expose of the local child prostitution scene, suicide turns to murder. With characteristic panache, much reading between the lines, and a magnificent wardrobe of women's clothes (his), Cassandra and her colonel set out to find the truth in this eagerly awaited sequel to The Apricot Colonel . Marion Continues To Excel At Cosy Crime In This Eagerly-awaited Sequel To Her Bestselling Novel, The Apricot Colonel. We Pick Up The Story With Cassandra And The Colonel Happily Ensconsed In A State Of Newly Wedded Bliss. Cassandra Is Editing The Latest Buzz Book About A Woman Who Runs Away To Germany To Start A White Asparagus Farm, While The Colonel Slips Off Periodically On His Secret Business. Their Domestic Idyll Is Suddenly Shattered By The News That The Daughter Of A Dear Friend Has Been Found Dead Of An Apparent Drug Overdose, But Neither Are Convinced Her Death Was An Accident. By Chance They Discover A Manuscript On The Girl's Computer Revealing That She Financed Her University Studies Doing Escort Work. When It Turns Out That The Text Is In Fact An Explosive Expose Of The Local Child Prostitution Scene, Our Detectives Don't Have Far To Look For A Motive For Murderà With Characteristic Panache And A Magnificent Wardrobe Of Women's Clothes (his), Cassandra And Her Colonel Set Out To Find A Killer, Immersing Themselves In The Seedy Side Of Our Nation's Capital. Along The Way They Also Learn A Great Deal More About Each Other, Revealing New Depths To This Delightfully Unconventional Relationship.--provided By Publisher. Author, Marion Halligan. Sequel To: The Apricot Colonel. After the murder, suspense and corruption that plagued the beginning of their relationship in The Apricot Colonel, Cassandra and the colonel are relieved to be happily ensconced in newly wedded bliss. Not for long their domestic idyll is suddenly shattered by the news that a friend's daughter has been found dead of an apparent drug overdose. An accident?Perhaps not. Soon a manuscript written by the dead girl turns up, which is an explosive expose of the local child prostitution scene. What better motive for murder?With characteristic panache and a magnificent wardrobe of women's clothes (his), Cassandra and her colonel set out to find a killer, immersing themselves in the seedy side of our nation's capital. Along the way they also learn a great deal more about each other, revealing new depths to this delightfully unconventional relationship.