Edwardian Murder Mysteries · Book 2
Hasty Death
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 225
- ISBN-13
- 9780312936167
- Type
- novel
About this book
Hasty Death (2004, 225 pages) continues Rose and Harry's slow, frequently interrupted courtship alongside a new self-contained murder, as M.C. Beaton keeps working the rigid Edwardian class structure that makes their romance both comic material and a genuine obstacle.
Its place in Edwardian Murder Mysteries
Hasty Death is book 2 in the Edwardian Murder Mysteries series. It follows Snobbery with Violence. It is followed by Sick of Shadows. See the full Edwardian Murder Mysteries reading order.
Before she became known primarily for Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth, M.C. Beaton wrote four Edwardian-set mysteries following Lady Rose Summer, a strong-willed debutante who keeps landing in the middle of murder investigations instead of the marriage market her mother has planned for her, and Captain Harry Cathcart, a penniless former army officer working as a private inquiry agent because his title doesn't come with any money. Snobbery with Violence opens with Rose using a house party as cover to investigate…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312936167