A plague of mothers-in-law descends upon the small English village of Chitterton Fells with toxic, and hilarious, results. Ellie Haskell, seen last in Femmes Fatal , plans the perfect dinner party to celebrate the 38th anniversary of her in-laws, Magdalene and Elijah. But an evening full of domestic mishaps is capped with the elder Haskells's announcement that they had never officially been wed. After an escalating quarrel, Elijah retires to a hotel, leaving the glacial, pampered and extremely hostile Mag in residence with Ellie and her nonplussed husband Ben. On a visit to a local pub to retrieve Elijah, Ellie meets three other women with raging mother-in-law problems; the foursome, under the influence of gin and tonic, devise wickedly clever ways to murder each live-in meddler. But after a spate of accidents, one of them fatal, befalls the unfortunate older women, Ellie and friends must marshall their resources to find the murderer and a blackmailer. This droll story lurches haphazardly from one crisis to the next, sometimes revealing a lunatic edge. But Chitterton Fells, its full quota of likable, loquacious eccentrics and Cannell's frazzled, overweight heroine are rendered with zest and affection. (Mar.)
How to Murder Your Mother-in-Law
Ellie Simons's delightful mother-in-law comes to visit for a simply lovely weekend of crocheted doilies, thinly-veiled insults, and passive-aggressive "suggestions."
It's enough to make anyone wish their mother-in-law was dead. But it turns out the ladies of Chitterton Fells should be more careful what they wish for. Only last night Ellie and her friends raised their gin and tonics to toast an end to mothers-in-law the world over . . .
The next day, Pamela Pomeroy's own MIL is found dead. Lady Kitty Pomeroy went over the handlebars of her bike into the village pond and drowned. Was it a horrid accident, or is someone really ridding Chitterton Fells of all the mothers-in-law?
Ellie must catch this killer before her own darling mother-in-law is the next to be bumped off.
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It's enough to make anyone wish their mother-in-law was dead. But it turns out the ladies of Chitterton Fells should be more careful what they wish for. Only last night Ellie and her friends raised their gin and tonics to toast an end to mothers-in-law the world over . . .
The next day, Pamela Pomeroy's own MIL is found dead. Lady Kitty Pomeroy went over the handlebars of her bike into the village pond and drowned. Was it a horrid accident, or is someone really ridding Chitterton Fells of all the mothers-in-law?
Ellie must catch this killer before her own darling mother-in-law is the next to be bumped off.
How to Murder Your Mother-in-Law
Ellie Simons's delightful mother-in-law comes to visit for a simply lovely weekend of crocheted doilies, thinly-veiled insults, and passive-aggressive "suggestions."
It's enough to make anyone wish their mother-in-law was dead. But it turns out the ladies of Chitterton Fells should be more careful what they wish for. Only last night Ellie and her friends raised their gin and tonics to toast an end to mothers-in-law the world over . . .
The next day, Pamela Pomeroy's own MIL is found dead. Lady Kitty Pomeroy went over the handlebars of her bike into the village pond and drowned. Was it a horrid accident, or is someone really ridding Chitterton Fells of all the mothers-in-law?
Ellie must catch this killer before her own darling mother-in-law is the next to be bumped off.
It's enough to make anyone wish their mother-in-law was dead. But it turns out the ladies of Chitterton Fells should be more careful what they wish for. Only last night Ellie and her friends raised their gin and tonics to toast an end to mothers-in-law the world over . . .
The next day, Pamela Pomeroy's own MIL is found dead. Lady Kitty Pomeroy went over the handlebars of her bike into the village pond and drowned. Was it a horrid accident, or is someone really ridding Chitterton Fells of all the mothers-in-law?
Ellie must catch this killer before her own darling mother-in-law is the next to be bumped off.
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| BN ID: | 2940160418452 |
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| Publisher: | Tantor Audio |
| Publication date: | 04/30/2024 |
| Series: | Ellie Haskell Series , #5 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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