Ann Purser
http://www.annpurser.com
Ann Purser was born in Market Harborough in Leicestershire,
and livd most of
her life in villages. She has turned her hand to many
things, including
journalism (as a columnist in She magazine), keeping hens
and donkeys,
running an art gallery, clerical assistant in a village
school, Open
University graduate, novelist, mother of three, grandmother
of three, wife
of Philip Purser, critic and writer. She is an avid reader
of detective
stories.
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Books
Threats at Three
(A Lois Meade Mystery #11)
November 1, 2011
When the Long Farden village hall is in danger of being
destroyed, the citizens form a committee to save it, with
the usual grumps and curmudgeons included. But it seems
someone opposes the Read more...
The Measby Murder Enquiry
(An Ivy Beasley Mystery #2)
May 3, 2011
Cantankerous spinster Ivy Beasley has quickly learned that
spending her golden years in the quaint village of
Barrington won’t be as quiet as she thought. Ivy
hasn’t been in assisted living at Springfields Read more...
Threats at Three
(A Lois Meade Mystery #11)
December 7, 2010
From the author of Tragedy at Two—the latest
Lois Meade mystery in which timing is everything.
Lois Meade has worked through all the days of the week,
turning up clues and scrubbing Read more...
Tragedy at Two
(A Lois Meade Mystery #10)
December 7, 2010
She’s worked through all the days of the week,
scrubbing up both messes and murderers in the village of
Long Farnden. But crime is a persistent stain, and when
Lois’s daughter’s boyfriend is Read more...
The Hangman's Row Enquiry
(An Ivy Beasley Mystery #1)
May 4, 2010
A new series and a new sleuth from Ann
Purser—author of the Lois Meade mysteries!
Ivy Beasley, the beloved cantankerous spinster from the Lois
Meade mysteries, has found a silver lining in Read more...
Tragedy at Two
(A Lois Meade Mystery #10)
December 1, 2009
From the author of Warning at One—another
Lois Meade mystery that proves there's no good time for
murder.
Lois Meade's daughter was admittedly considering leaving her
partner, Rob—but she never expected him to be Read more...
Warning at One
(A Lois Meade Mystery #9)
November 3, 2009
The tenants of Lois Meade's terrace house in Tresham are
frustrated by their neighbor's feisty pet cockerel, Satan.
His owner, Clem Fitch, refuses to part with his feathery
companion—making Lois's tenants fly the Read more...
Warning at One
(A Lois Meade Mystery #8)
November 4, 2008
Back by popular demand— cleaning lady Lois Meade has
sleuthed through a full week, but crime can happen at any
hour...
Lois Meade is a working class mum, cleaner extraordinaire,
and a part-time sleuth. Read more...
Sorrow on Sunday
(A Lois Meade Mystery #7)
July 1, 2008
It may be the day of rest, but Lois Meade finds that not
everyone believes in keeping it holy.
A rash of strange occurrences in and around Long Farnden has
Lois unsettled. Someone's Read more...
Secrets On Saturday
(A Lois Meade Mystery #6)
April 3, 2007
Lois usually steers clear of local gossip, but after tidying
up the house that newcomer Reg Abthorpe claims to have
inherited, she has more suspicions than she can keep to
herself. The home's Read more...
Fear on Friday
(A Lois Meade Mystery #5)
September 5, 2006
She's mopped up Murder on Monday. She's tidied up
Terror on Tuesday. She's wiped up Weeping on
Wednesday. And she's threshed out Theft on
Thursday. But on Friday, working-class mum and cleaner
extraordinaire Lois Read more...
Theft on Thursday
(A Lois Meade Mystery)
February 7, 2006
A friend has asked working-class mother and housecleaner
Lois Meade to help crack a case. It looks like the handsome
new choirmaster may have been poisoned. Soon, Lois finds
herself untangling a web Read more...
Weeping On Wednesday
(Lois Meade Mystery Series #3)
February 1, 2005
Working mum and owner of a cleaning business, Lois has just
hired on the daughter of the Abrahams, an eccentric,
reclusive family. But when strange letters and omens put
everyone Read more...
Terror On Tuesday
(A Lois Meade Mystery)
August 1, 2004
"The honest, down-to-earth Lois [is] certain to
appeal." —Publishers Weekly
Working-class mum and housecleaner Lois Meade plies her
sleuthing skills once again after discovering a dead
body—dressed in a suit Read more...
Murder on Monday
(A Lois Meade Mystery)
October 7, 2003
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