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Aunt Sarah's Brooch

Aunt Sarah's Brooch

Morrison, Arthur

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 9309330058
ISBN13: 9789309330056
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Nov 10 2026
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A missing jewel-case threatens more than household peace when Clement Simpson, gentleman and prospective heir, finds himself drawn into an inheritance mystery for which courage, judgement and honesty would all be useful. Unfortunately, his ambitions as an amateur detective far exceed his abilities. Narrating the affair in retrospect, Clement presents his own resourcefulness with a confidence repeatedly undermined by cowardice, poor decisions and deceptions that become harder to sustain. Family authority and social embarrassment sharpen the comedy as suspicion, police questioning and romantic misunderstanding close around him. In London, respectable domestic life collides with jewellery shops and a cheap eating-house, while differences of class and identity complicate Clement's attempts to control appearances. One unforgettable object anchors the confusion: a grotesque brooch distinguished by vivid-red hair, whose peculiar appearance makes concealment and substitution anything but straightforward. Comic understatement and period speech turn the conventions of mystery fiction inside out. Instead of a commanding investigator coolly assembling clues, the story follows a prospective heir whose imagined cleverness continually exposes his ineptitude. The first-person voice keeps every explanation precariously balanced between self-defence and farce, making amateur detection inseparable from family pressure, deception and the fear of losing face. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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