Death of a Chimney Sweep by M C Beaton

Description: No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday The 26th outing for the Highland's most famous PC: Hamish Macbeth In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney. The entire town of Lochdubh is certain Pete is the culprit, but Hamish doesn't believe that the affable chimney sweep is capable of committing murder. Then Pete's body is found on the Scottish moors, and the mystery deepens. Once again, it's up to Hamish to discover who's responsible for the dirty deed - and this time, the murderer may be closer than he realizes. Praise for the Hamish Macbeth series:'[A] beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations about rural life' Good Book Guide' It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh' New York Times Book Review' The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status' - Anne Robinson, The Times.

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ISBN: 9781472124623

Description: In The Sweep's Boy, My Story readers will be transported back to the fog-choked streets of 1870 London, a truly perilous place for a boy like Will. Forced by the Workhouse Master into employment as a chimney sweep, it isn't long before Will's aptitude for scaling small spaces attracts the attention of Hutch, a burglar with big ambitions...

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ISBN: 9781407111148

Description: Sweep : Hardback : Abrams : 9781419731402 : 1419731408 : 25 Sep 2018 : For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on climbing boys, orphans owned by chimney sweeps, to clean flues. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is one of the best--and a girl. During a near-deadly fire, a mysterious creature--a golem--saves Nan's life. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life together.

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Description: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster : Paperback : ABRAMS : 9781419737022 : 1419737023 : 05 May 2020 : In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a climbing boy, aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.

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Description: Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was a man of dazzling charm and style, and his talents were many. In his twenties he recorded London and New York society in needle-sharp words and drawings, and then, at Conde Nast's insistence, in photographs. The resulting work earned him a place among the great chroniclers of fashion. In this classic book, now in a sumptuous paperback edition after many years out of print, Josephine Ross selects and introduces articles, drawings and photographs by Beaton dating from the 1920s to the 1970s. It includes Beaton's essays and vignettes on high society and its denizens, as well as such stars of the arts as Greta Garbo, Ralph Richardson, Pablo Picasso and David Hockney. It also reproduces Beaton's war photographs, drawings and writings, from bombed London to China and the North Africa Desert. Beaton loved Vogue, and his contributions testify to the wit, imagination and professionalism that the man and the magazine always had in common.

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ISBN: 9780500290248

Description: How Santa Got His Job : Paperback : Simon & Schuster : 9780689846687 : 0689846681 : 01 Oct 2002 : When Santa needed a job, no one was looking for a man in a red suit to deliver gifts on Christmas. So Santa tried everything from a chimney sweep to a postman to a circus performer. But none of these worked out. It wasn't until he met a group of elves who helped him use all his special talents, that Santa was able to find his dream job. Full color.

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Description: Dodger's Guide to London : Hardback : Penguin Random House Children's UK : 9780857533241 : 085753324X : 21 Nov 2013 : Did you know...? If a Victorian couldn't afford a sweep, they might drop a goose down their chimney to clean it! A nobby lady's unmentionables could weigh up to 40lbs! Parliament had to be suspended during the Great Stink of 1858.

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Description: Death of a Greedy Woman : Paperback : Little, Brown & Company : 9780446573535 : 0446573531 : 15 Jul 2011 : Constable Hamish Macbeth looks for a killer among a singles club in this classic mystery previously published as Death of a Glutton. Martin's Press.

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Description: It all began with that awful business about my mother. Flavia de Luce's world is turned upside down when she is banished to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Canada - her mother Harriet's old boarding school. With its forbidding headmistress, intimidating teachers and bizarre rules, adapting to Miss Bodycote's could be a matter of life and death. But Flavia is soon on familiar ground when she is presented with a gruesome puzzle to solve. And the mystery of a withered corpse is only the beginning. Girls have been disappearing from Miss Bodycote's, leading Flavia to wonder what exactly the academy's true purpose is, and why were her father and Aunt Felicity so keen that she enrol? Praise for the historical Flavia de Luce mysteries: 'The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite' Mail on Sunday 'A cross between Dodie Smith's I Capture The Castle and the Addams family...delightfully entertaining' Guardian Fans of M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin, Frances Brody and Alexander Mc Call Smith will enjoy the Flavia de Luce mysteries: 1. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag 3. A Red Herring Without Mustard 4. I Am Half Sick of Shadows 5. Speaking From Among the Bones 6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches 7. As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust 8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd 9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place If you're looking for a cosy crime series to keep you hooked then look no further than the Flavia de Luce mysteries. * Each Flavia de Luce mystery can be read as a standalone or in series order *.

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ISBN: 9781409149460

Description: Tom Appleby, Convict Boy : Paperback : Harper Collins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd : 9780207199424 : 0207199426 : 28 Apr 2004 : Tom Appleby, eight year old chimney sweep is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay. This book tells of a colony that, despite its natural abundance, cannot offer what the colonists want. While the people's health is better than ever, their morale is low as they wait for news from home. It is for those aged 10 and above.

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