{"product_id":"9781914150357","title":"Fatal Charm: A Tessa Crichton Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Rotten news, isn't it?'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Rotten, ' I agreed, taking it that he referred to the state of the national economy, 'but I daresay it will come all right in the end.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe stared at me as though I were either raving mad or drunk, which was excusable, since it turned out that he had been talking about the untimely death of Eliza Deverell.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe renowned Deverell theatrical family, gathers to celebrate the 80th birthday of its matriarch, actress Evadne Proctor, on a TV show specializing in celebrities' lives. An unexpected guest is daughter Eliza, a former actress now married to an anthropologist and living on a Pacific island. Always a source of tension in a bickering family, Eliza is soon found in her hotel room, dead from a mixture of pain-killers and alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActress Tessa Crichton and her husband, chief inspector Robin Price, become involved, and while Evadne angles for a suicide verdict, Tessa finds that Eliza had a lot to live for. Soon other members of the Deverell clan excite Tessa's suspicions. This final 'Tessa Crichton' mystery shows Anne Morice's dry wit and keen observations in full effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFatal Charm\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1988. This new edition features an introduction and afterword by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A light hand, an engaging ease, and an inventive mind: all welcome qualities in the writing of crime novels.' \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What makes her such good company - and the whole point of Miss Morice's book is to converse, as it were, with Tessa Crichton - is not her deductive skill but her shrewd eye and quick tongue for people and situations.' \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dean Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46439666024689,"sku":"9781914150357","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781914150357_p0.jpg?v=1771204917","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781914150357","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}