The Catherine Tregowyn Mysteries by G.G. Vandagriff (1-2, 4, 6-7)
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Overview:G.G. Vandagriff is an Amazon #1 best selling author of Regency romance. Although she has written over a dozen Regencies, she has written in other genres as well. The Last Waltz, the first novel in her 20th Century Historical Romance Series won the Whitney Award for Best Historical Novel in 2009.
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
1. An Oxford Murder - After Miss Catherine Tregowyn, poet, and Dr. Harry Bascombe, her bête noire, discover a body in the Somerville College chapel, they are declared suspects in a murder inquiry. How can they prove their innocence? The pair decide they must launch their own investigation into the strangling of Oxford don, Agatha Chenowith. But working as a team will not be easy. Their relations are anything but cordial.
It is not long before they uncover motives aplenty. Apparently, Dr. Chenowith was not at all what she seemed. As the surprises about the victim’s secret life multiply, they are awash in a sea of suspects.
Into this scenario sails the former love of Catherine’s life as he returns from Kenya. Is she going to give Rafe another chance to break her heart? He convinces her to give him a six-month trial, and eager to show his worth, he joins in the investigation. Rafe offers to fly Catherine and Harry in his de Havilland six-seater to the Isle of Man where they must pursue a lead. Inevitably, Rafe and Harry square off in a battle for Catherine’s affections.
Meanwhile, playing detectives proves to be a dangerous pursuit. Catherine and Harry shortly embroil themselves in a plot much larger than mere murder. No one wants to hear their theory, however. It contains truths too painful to contemplate. And it makes Catherine and Harry’s lives expendable.
2. Murder in the Jazz Band - When Catherine’s brother’s girlfriend, Emily, is arrested for the murder of an Oxford jazz saxophonist, he pleads with her to help find the real culprit. Though she is a newly hired tutor at Somerville College, Catherine has some past success at unmasking criminals and allows herself to be persuaded. She starts by going “undercover” as a weekend jazz singer with the murdered man’s band. Assisted by her beau, Dr. Harry Bascombe, she soon finds herself swimming in motives for the saxophonist’s death.
Could the murderer be the Communist band leader? The black American trombone sensation? The drummer with a secret lover? Or maybe the severely introverted math whiz? What if it’s not a member of the band at all?
While she tussles with her first year of teaching and worries over a troubled student, Catherine is also juggling her complex relationship with Dr. Harry and the fallout from an earlier relationship. When Emily is released and the police arrest her brother, Catherine is forced to dig deeper into her investigation uncovering new facts and unsuspected motives.
What other secrets can she find in the rarefied atmosphere of 1930s Oxford? And will Catherine
survive the peril she encounters from an unexpected quarter?
4. The Hollywood Murders - When Oxford academics Catherine Tregowyn and her beau,
Dr. Harry Bascombe, travel “across the pond” to teach a summer course
at UCLA, the last thing they expect to encounter is a murder. However,
the daughter of one of their fellow passengers on the Queen Mary is
arrested the day they arrive in Los Angeles. Miss Daphne Binoche, a
famous actress, stands accused of murdering her director, Michael
Fields. Miss Binoche’s father pleads with Harry and Catherine to lend
their expertise to the problem, as he and his daughter are European Jews
and do not trust the police.
Their investigation takes Harry and Catherine to the Starlight jazz club where the Hollywood
elite gather to dance and gossip. While questioning the rich and
famous, they find that many denizens of Hollywood have a horror of
European Fascism resulting in a thriving anti-Nazi presence.
Another murder takes place and the community of actors teems with suspects. Are
the two murders related? Catherine and Harry move within this
artificial society trying to penetrate the enigmatic personalities of
people who routinely change identities for a living. Who is lying? Who
is misleading them? And from whom are they in danger?
Nothing around them—neither place nor person—seems reliable as they pursue a
killer through the make-believe world that is Hollywood in the 1930s.
. . . characters are colorful, their world
engaging, and Dr. Harry is especially charming. Details of food and
fashion give a lush touch to the well-painted period settings--Oxford is
evoked especially well--and the portrayal of factions, competition, and
power plays within the scholarly world lend amusement and intrigue.
Ongoing references to poetic theory, the Bloomsbury group, and the dark
shadow of Hitler add to the textured sense of place.
6. Murder in the Family - A minor hitch arises before the marriage ceremony of Oxford University tutors Catherine Tregowyn and Harry Bascombe: the best man is missing. Perhaps Uncle Jonathan was detained by car troubles somewhere in the Cornish hinterlands? No one suspects that he is lying dead at the bottom of a cliff where ocean waves have swept him into a cave.
When he is at discovered, family and friends reject the police’s initial theory that he slipped off a cliffside trail. Harry suspects foul play. Harry’s cosmopolitan uncle, a dealer in Italian Renaissance art, was very wealthy indeed.
Is it coincidence that the temperamental Italian fashion model, claiming to be his wife, appeared at Jonathan’s holiday cottage on the day before he disappeared?
When his death is ruled a murder at the Coroner’s Inquest, Jon’s mercurial wife is the obvious suspect. But she was not the only person present at the scene of the crime — three old school friends had gathered at Jonathan’s Cornish cottage for their annual Christmas reunion.
Harry’s uncle has left a surprise behind him — an iron-clad will, linking his wife’s bequest to her consent for their two children to live and be educated in England. In addition, Jonathan’s solicitor holds an envelope, contents unknown, to be opened if his wife contests the will in any way. Elisabetta is outraged for the paintings in Jon’s private art collection are worth millions.
But what about the old school friends who were staying at the cottage? It turns out some of them aren’t quite what they seem and stand to benefit from Jon’s will.
Chaos ensues. Unpalatable truths emerge and danger lurks. Throughout the confusion, Catherine is most concerned about the future of Jon’s children, Giovanni and Adriana. What is to become of them?
Catherine and Harry resolve to untangle the skein of motives of those closest to his uncle. Dealing with family under these circumstances is surprisingly difficult for the newlyweds. Can things ever go back to the way they were before the murder?
7. Death in the Foreign Office - One dreadful night, in the shrouded mists of a London peasouper, an unknown assailant knifes Ross Davis of the Foreign Office. His mentor, Neil Griffith, not only discovers the body but is arrested for the murder. Though they haven’t known Neil long, Oxford Tutors/Sleuths, Catherine and Harry Bascombe, investigate at her mother’s request. Catherine is convinced that her mother’s beau would never murder his Foreign Office protégé and future son-in-law.
As he is banned from returning to work until his name is cleared, Griffith convinces Catherine to take a temporary job liaising between him and his German Section at the Foreign Office. Anthony Eden, illustrious Foreign Secretary, believes Davis was murdered to cover up a heinous act—the leaking of military secrets to Hitler’s Germany.
Tensions are already running high in the wake of Hitler’s march into the Rhineland, boldly breaking the Treaty of Versailles. Eden’s mole in the Abwehr, German Military Intelligence, leads him to suspect a traitor in Griffith’s own German Section. Inasmuch as MI5 believe they already have the murderer in Griffith, Catherine, and Harry focus their investigation upon this four-man division of the Foreign Office.
As inquiries lead the duo in the direction of, not only Nazi but Communist and IRA conspirators, they realize they are not up against an average foe. They are courting a species of evil they have never before faced. As they probe the mysteries of the four charming suspects, danger stalks them through London streets, restaurants, and drawing rooms. Which one of the four is hiding deadly secrets they have already killed to protect?
Will they be able to bring them to light before Neil Griffith is convicted of murder and high treason?
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Overview:G.G. Vandagriff is an Amazon #1 best selling author of Regency romance. Although she has written over a dozen Regencies, she has written in other genres as well. The Last Waltz, the first novel in her 20th Century Historical Romance Series won the Whitney Award for Best Historical Novel in 2009.
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
1. An Oxford Murder - After Miss Catherine Tregowyn, poet, and Dr. Harry Bascombe, her bête noire, discover a body in the Somerville College chapel, they are declared suspects in a murder inquiry. How can they prove their innocence? The pair decide they must launch their own investigation into the strangling of Oxford don, Agatha Chenowith. But working as a team will not be easy. Their relations are anything but cordial.
It is not long before they uncover motives aplenty. Apparently, Dr. Chenowith was not at all what she seemed. As the surprises about the victim’s secret life multiply, they are awash in a sea of suspects.
Into this scenario sails the former love of Catherine’s life as he returns from Kenya. Is she going to give Rafe another chance to break her heart? He convinces her to give him a six-month trial, and eager to show his worth, he joins in the investigation. Rafe offers to fly Catherine and Harry in his de Havilland six-seater to the Isle of Man where they must pursue a lead. Inevitably, Rafe and Harry square off in a battle for Catherine’s affections.
Meanwhile, playing detectives proves to be a dangerous pursuit. Catherine and Harry shortly embroil themselves in a plot much larger than mere murder. No one wants to hear their theory, however. It contains truths too painful to contemplate. And it makes Catherine and Harry’s lives expendable.
2. Murder in the Jazz Band - When Catherine’s brother’s girlfriend, Emily, is arrested for the murder of an Oxford jazz saxophonist, he pleads with her to help find the real culprit. Though she is a newly hired tutor at Somerville College, Catherine has some past success at unmasking criminals and allows herself to be persuaded. She starts by going “undercover” as a weekend jazz singer with the murdered man’s band. Assisted by her beau, Dr. Harry Bascombe, she soon finds herself swimming in motives for the saxophonist’s death.
Could the murderer be the Communist band leader? The black American trombone sensation? The drummer with a secret lover? Or maybe the severely introverted math whiz? What if it’s not a member of the band at all?
While she tussles with her first year of teaching and worries over a troubled student, Catherine is also juggling her complex relationship with Dr. Harry and the fallout from an earlier relationship. When Emily is released and the police arrest her brother, Catherine is forced to dig deeper into her investigation uncovering new facts and unsuspected motives.
What other secrets can she find in the rarefied atmosphere of 1930s Oxford? And will Catherine
survive the peril she encounters from an unexpected quarter?
4. The Hollywood Murders - When Oxford academics Catherine Tregowyn and her beau,
Dr. Harry Bascombe, travel “across the pond” to teach a summer course
at UCLA, the last thing they expect to encounter is a murder. However,
the daughter of one of their fellow passengers on the Queen Mary is
arrested the day they arrive in Los Angeles. Miss Daphne Binoche, a
famous actress, stands accused of murdering her director, Michael
Fields. Miss Binoche’s father pleads with Harry and Catherine to lend
their expertise to the problem, as he and his daughter are European Jews
and do not trust the police.
Their investigation takes Harry and Catherine to the Starlight jazz club where the Hollywood
elite gather to dance and gossip. While questioning the rich and
famous, they find that many denizens of Hollywood have a horror of
European Fascism resulting in a thriving anti-Nazi presence.
Another murder takes place and the community of actors teems with suspects. Are
the two murders related? Catherine and Harry move within this
artificial society trying to penetrate the enigmatic personalities of
people who routinely change identities for a living. Who is lying? Who
is misleading them? And from whom are they in danger?
Nothing around them—neither place nor person—seems reliable as they pursue a
killer through the make-believe world that is Hollywood in the 1930s.
. . . characters are colorful, their world
engaging, and Dr. Harry is especially charming. Details of food and
fashion give a lush touch to the well-painted period settings--Oxford is
evoked especially well--and the portrayal of factions, competition, and
power plays within the scholarly world lend amusement and intrigue.
Ongoing references to poetic theory, the Bloomsbury group, and the dark
shadow of Hitler add to the textured sense of place.
6. Murder in the Family - A minor hitch arises before the marriage ceremony of Oxford University tutors Catherine Tregowyn and Harry Bascombe: the best man is missing. Perhaps Uncle Jonathan was detained by car troubles somewhere in the Cornish hinterlands? No one suspects that he is lying dead at the bottom of a cliff where ocean waves have swept him into a cave.
When he is at discovered, family and friends reject the police’s initial theory that he slipped off a cliffside trail. Harry suspects foul play. Harry’s cosmopolitan uncle, a dealer in Italian Renaissance art, was very wealthy indeed.
Is it coincidence that the temperamental Italian fashion model, claiming to be his wife, appeared at Jonathan’s holiday cottage on the day before he disappeared?
When his death is ruled a murder at the Coroner’s Inquest, Jon’s mercurial wife is the obvious suspect. But she was not the only person present at the scene of the crime — three old school friends had gathered at Jonathan’s Cornish cottage for their annual Christmas reunion.
Harry’s uncle has left a surprise behind him — an iron-clad will, linking his wife’s bequest to her consent for their two children to live and be educated in England. In addition, Jonathan’s solicitor holds an envelope, contents unknown, to be opened if his wife contests the will in any way. Elisabetta is outraged for the paintings in Jon’s private art collection are worth millions.
But what about the old school friends who were staying at the cottage? It turns out some of them aren’t quite what they seem and stand to benefit from Jon’s will.
Chaos ensues. Unpalatable truths emerge and danger lurks. Throughout the confusion, Catherine is most concerned about the future of Jon’s children, Giovanni and Adriana. What is to become of them?
Catherine and Harry resolve to untangle the skein of motives of those closest to his uncle. Dealing with family under these circumstances is surprisingly difficult for the newlyweds. Can things ever go back to the way they were before the murder?
7. Death in the Foreign Office - One dreadful night, in the shrouded mists of a London peasouper, an unknown assailant knifes Ross Davis of the Foreign Office. His mentor, Neil Griffith, not only discovers the body but is arrested for the murder. Though they haven’t known Neil long, Oxford Tutors/Sleuths, Catherine and Harry Bascombe, investigate at her mother’s request. Catherine is convinced that her mother’s beau would never murder his Foreign Office protégé and future son-in-law.
As he is banned from returning to work until his name is cleared, Griffith convinces Catherine to take a temporary job liaising between him and his German Section at the Foreign Office. Anthony Eden, illustrious Foreign Secretary, believes Davis was murdered to cover up a heinous act—the leaking of military secrets to Hitler’s Germany.
Tensions are already running high in the wake of Hitler’s march into the Rhineland, boldly breaking the Treaty of Versailles. Eden’s mole in the Abwehr, German Military Intelligence, leads him to suspect a traitor in Griffith’s own German Section. Inasmuch as MI5 believe they already have the murderer in Griffith, Catherine, and Harry focus their investigation upon this four-man division of the Foreign Office.
As inquiries lead the duo in the direction of, not only Nazi but Communist and IRA conspirators, they realize they are not up against an average foe. They are courting a species of evil they have never before faced. As they probe the mysteries of the four charming suspects, danger stalks them through London streets, restaurants, and drawing rooms. Which one of the four is hiding deadly secrets they have already killed to protect?
Will they be able to bring them to light before Neil Griffith is convicted of murder and high treason?
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