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Murder Past Due, August 2010
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Baked to Death, April 2005
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Death by Dissertation, May 2004
Paperback (reprint)
Decorated to Death, April 2004
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Faked to Death, March 2004
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Posted to Death, March 2003
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Closer Than the Bones, May 2001
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Cruel as the Grave, May 2000
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DECORATED TO DEATH
By: Dean James

?A well-crafted mystery combines with whimsical characters to create an imaginative spoof on the classic locked-room mystery.? Publishers Weekly

A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery
Kensington
April 2004
Featuring: Lady Prunella; Simon Kirby-Jones; Giles
288 pages
ISBN: 075820485X
Hardcover
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Mystery Amateur Sleuth | Mystery

Not everyone can claim both Hercule Poirot and Nancy Drew as inspiration. Of course, not everyone is a vampire sleuth from the States who pulled up stakes to live in a small English village. Even the eccentric denizens of Snupperton Mumsley might be surprised by Simon Kirby-Jones’s rather unusual lifestyle. But murder is a more than adequate distraction when a visiting celebrity meets his maker—and Simon must suss out a killer…

Hardly one to become star-struck, Simon nevertheless deigns to attend a tea at Blitherington Hall in honor of celebrity interior designer Zeke Harwood, star of the popular television show, Très Zeke. The self-acclaimed King of Home Decorating makes it immediately obvious that he’s there to give the drawing room a makeover—not make friends.

So, it’s little shock to Simon when the drama-queen decorator meets his demise; he’s only surprised it hasn’t happened sooner. Now, in a locked-room puzzle worthy of Agatha Christie, Simon must peel away layers of lies to reveal who killed the decorator in the drawing room with a blunt instrument…