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The English Lady Murderers' Society, Paperback / softback Book

The English Lady Murderers' Society Paperback / softback

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Janet Bretherton, a widow at 60, suspected of her husband's murder and involvement in the fraud which brought his company down, exiles herself to Puybrun, a small village in a picturesque corner of south-west France, where she nurses her grief and tries to rebuild her shattered world.

She meets six other Englishwomen who live the expatriate life.

Earthy has fled from a hippy camp in a damp corner of Wales.

Carol claims to have slept with every man in the world called Dave.

Belle has a husband, Charlie, who may or may not be real because no one has ever seen him.

Joy is married to the appalling Arnold. And Veronica and Poppy try to discover the basis for the love they have for each other.

The women form a group in which they take turns to teach each other the lessons life has taught them.

At the same time, they grow more confident and gradually reveal the secrets of their pasts.

When Janet finds she has attracted the attention of Leon, thirty years younger than she is, yet seems to find her still sexually desirable as he invites her to go dancing with him, she asks herself: What are his real motives? And does she care?In the end, the process of discovery reveals a terrible secret which forces the women to decide how much they love each other: how far they can rely upon each other...even when the question is one of murder.

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