Ann Granger
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Description
Born in Portsmouth, Patricia Ann Granger studied modern languages, French and German at the University of London before working for the Foreign Office and receiving postings to British embassies across the world, including in Munich, Lusaka, Vienna, Zagreb and Belgrade. She met her husband John Hulme at the British Embassy in Prague, and later settled with her family in Bicester, Oxfordshire, where she began writing. In 1979 her first novel, a historical romance titled A POOR RELATION, was published under the name Ann Hulme. In 1991, Headline published her first crime novel as Ann Granger, SAY IT WITH POISON. (From Blake Friedmann obituary)
Books
A word after dying
A cozy English village mystery featuring inspector Alan Markby as he investigates the death of an eccentric old woman in a manor. Markby is helped by his steady, Meredith Mitchell of the Foreign Office.
Particular Eye for Villainy
When one of Ben's neighbours is bludgeoned to death in his sitting room, Ben and Lizzie discover that there is a lot more to Mr Thomas Tapley than meets the eye - and more than one person who would benefit from his death.
The companion
Taking a job as a companion to her wealthy widowed aunt, Lizzie Martin enlists the aid of her childhood friend, Inspector Benjamin Ross, to investigate when the body of her predecessor turns up in an old abandoned house.