A Fall from Grace (29 page)

The Skeleton in the Grass

The Cherry Blossom Corpse

Bodies

Political Suicide

Fête Fatale

Out of the Blackout

Corpse in a Gilded Cage

School for Murder

The Case of the Missing Brontë

A Little Local Murder

Death and the Princess

Death by Sheer Torture

Death in a Cold Climate

Death of a Perfect Mother

Death of a Literary Widow

Death of a Mystery Writer

Blood Brotherhood

Death on the High C's

Death of an Old Goat

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barnard, Robert

A fall from grace / Robert Barnard.—1st Scribner ed.

p. cm.

I. Title.

PR6052.A665F29 2007

823'.914—dc22

2006051427

ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-7220-9

ISBN-10: 0-7432-7220-X

ISBN: 978-1-4165-3933-9 (eBook)