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Gay vampire interior decorator solves cozy mysteries in small English village.

A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery
Kensington
April 2005
Featuring: Simon Kirby-Jones; Giles Blitherington
288 pages
ISBN: 0758204876
Hardcover
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American transplant Simon Kirby-Jones has made a home for
himself in the small English village of Snupperton-Mumsley,
and—much to the chagrin of the local constabulary—a name
for himself as a sometime sleuth. A writer by day and
vampire perpetually, Simon is becoming an expert on the
most “human” of experiences: death...

With the help of some dandy little pills, Simon can get
through his first summer in Snupperton-Mumsley with only a
mild aversion to the sun. On the other hand, his assistant,
Giles Blitherington, is bemoaning the beginning of the
season. A medieval faire is coming to town—and setting up
tent practically in Blitherington Hall’s backyard.

Simon is mildly curious about the event—until Tristan
Lovelace darkens his door. The man who bequeathed Laurel
Cottage to Simon is also the man who made him a vampire.
He’s come to town to consult on a documentary about the
faire—and make Simon’s life miserable.

Despite his personal problems, it doesn’t take Simon long
to don tunic and tights and gambol straight into
controversy. The group putting on the faire is in the midst
of a power struggle. Their “king” is about to be dethroned
by a charismatic and popular duke. But when the usurper is
poisoned by way of a fig pastry, Simon is confronted with
enough suspects to fill a royal court—including his old
friend Tristan, whose secret to immortality was known by
the duke. Now Simon must infiltrate the players to descry a
murderer most medieval...