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Hanging on the Wire

Nell Bray, suffragette and solver of mysteries is called to Wales, and into a plot that thickens by the minute.

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  • "Nell Bray has dedicated herself to the woman's suffrage movement; it's her amateur sleuthing, though, that seems to be attracting the most attention. First, Nell unearthed the truth behind the mysterious death of one of France's most notorious courtesans, and now comes a plea from her old friend Jenny Chesney. World War I is at its height, and Jenny is hard at work at Nantgarrew military hospital, where Freudian analysis is a specialty. Her efforts are complicated by."
  • "Nell Bray, suffragette and solver of mysteries is called to Wales, and into a plot that thickens by the minute."@en
  • "World War I is at its height, and amateur sleuth Nell Bray is dedicating herself to the suffragette movement. Her friend Jenny is hard at work at Nantgarrew military hospital, which specialises in Freudian analysis. When Jenny begs Nell to investigate the attempted murder of a patient, Nell heads for Nantgarrew to help. It is a mysterious place: someone is committing petty acts of sabotage to show their disapproval of Freud's theories; one soldier keeps a box of grenades and revolvers under his bed; and another is determined to reach Moscow by bicycle. Nell's bafflement turns to horror when the would-be assassin's aim finally turns true. Nantgarrew -- devoted to healing -- becomes the site of a murder, and Nell Bray is determined to solve it."
  • "Suffragette-turned-amateur sleuth Nell Bray finds herself investigating a puzzling series of sniper attacks on a Welsh auxiliary hospital during World War I."
  • "Lightning, bent on her schemes. One soldier keeps a handy box of grenades and revolvers under his bed. Another is determined to reach Moscow by bicycle. And the doctors in charge are far less interested in these odd goings-on than in their patients' dreams - be they of sausages or sex. Nell's bafflement turns to horror when the would-be assassin's aim finally turns true. Nantgarrew - devoted to healing - becomes the site of a murder, and Nell Bray, indomitable and."
  • "Irrepressible, is determined to solve it."
  • "Mrs. Monica Minter, who is determined to express her disapproval of Freud's theories through petty acts of sabotage. But would Mrs. Minter resort to a pot-shot at one of the patients? It seems unlikely, but someone did. Nell holds no truck with either Dr. Freud or Mrs. Minter. Neither does she approve of war, but attempted murder is another matter. So she heads for Nantgarrew - where she finds that mysterious behavior is a way of life. Mrs. Minter swoops down like."

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  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"
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  • "Fiction"

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  • "Hanging on the Wire"@en
  • "Hanging on the wire"
  • "Hanging on the wire"@en
  • "En la cuerda floja"
  • "En la cuerda floja"@es

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