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Murder at the Fitzwilliam (Museum Mysteries Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jim Eldridge (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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After rising to prominence for his role investigating the case of Jack the Ripper, former Detective Inspector Daniel Wilson is now retired. Known for his intelligence, investigative skills, and most of all his discretion, he's often consulted when a case must be solved quickly and quietly. So when a body is found in the Egyptian Collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Wilson is called in.
As he tries to uncover the identity of the dead man and the circumstances surrounding his demise, Wilson must contend with an unhelpful police Inspector, and more alarmingly, Abigail McKenzie, the archaeologist who discovered the body and is determined to protect the Egyptian collection. Can they find a way to work together to solve the mystery?

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    Museum Mysteries
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    Allison & Busby
  6. Publication date
    August 23, 2018
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Jim Eldridge was born in central London towards the end of World War II, and survived attacks by V2 rockets on the Kings Cross area where he lived. In 1971 he sold his first sitcom to the BBC and had his first book commissioned. Since then he has had more than one hundred books published, with sales of over three million copies. He lives in Kent with his wife.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B079G9ZBK3
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Allison & Busby (August 23, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 23, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1643 KB
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 297 pages
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    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 630 ratings

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Jim Eldridge was born in the Euston area of London in late 1944 during WW2, surviving attacks by V1 and V2 rockets.

He left school at 16 and did a variety of jobs before training to be a teacher. He taught in disadvantaged areas of Luton while at the same time building a career as a scriptwriter and writing children's books.

He left teaching to become a full-time writer. In 2010 he moved away from scriptwriting and children's books to concentrate on writing historical crime novels for adults. In his 40-year career as a scriptwriter he had 250 TV scripts broadcast in the UK and internationally, including writing for US TV; and 250 radio scripts broadcast by the BBC. These included the long-running comedy-drama series "King Street Junior". As a scriptwriter Jim created 17 series for BBC and ITV, and wrote for a further 20 series. His children's books included the best-selling "The Trenches" and "Roman Invasion" in Scholastic's "my Story" series.

Of his adult crime novels his Museum Mysteries series for Allison & Busby, set in Victorian England and featuring Daniel Wilson and Abigail; Fenton, have become highly successful; as has his series set in London during WW2, featuring DCI Edgar Saxe-Coburg.

After many years living in rural Ireland and Cumbria, Jim and his wife Lynne now live in Kent.

Details of Jim's writing can be found at his website ww.jimeldridge.com

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Kindle CustomerJand
5.0 out of 5 stars Mystery,Mummies and Murder
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2020
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I greatly enjoyed this book ! It had every thing good story intrigue and mayhem with a touch of romance as well as well structured character development . Time appropriate mores and some political stress -all mixed together with a satisfying if slightly prosaic ending and the expected villain .I hope the rest of the series is as enjoyable.
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Deborah Wall McGraw
4.0 out of 5 stars A good old fashioned detective story
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023
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The women were beginning to fight for equality but carefully. Men were of mixed minds. The story has some of that, some of Egyptian artifacts, and good police work. I enjoyed it.
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Josie G.
3.0 out of 5 stars cozy mystery I guess
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2023
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I think this is what is referred to as a cozy mystery. Not my cup of tea however.it was ok, I finished it.
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Diane H
4.0 out of 5 stars Mystery, history, feminism, and romance all feature in this 1894 police procedural
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2019
In 1894, there is a Murder in the British Museum. Private Inquiry Agent Daniel Wilson and his live-in lover Abigail Fenton, a famous archaeologist, investigate at the request of the museum director.

Esteemed Professor Lance Pickering is most famous for his work on the new King Arthur exhibit and for his new book about Arthur’s uncle, Ambrosius. That is until he is stabbed in the museum’s restroom behind a locked cubicle door.

Daniel quickly guesses how the murder was done. Unfortunately, he must work even faster to discover the who before his nemesis, Superintendent Armstrong of Scotland Yard, beats him to it.

If you enjoy learning some Arthurian and 19th century London history while reading an engaging mystery, you will enjoy Murder at the British Museum. There is also a strong feminist as the detective’s side kick plus the almost obligatory bumbling Scotland Yard employee complicating the case. I liked the no-nonsense romance between Daniel and Abigail. The mystery was good too. Overall, I rate it at 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars!

Thanks to Allison & Busby and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.
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HelenH
4.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining detective duo
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2019
Daniel Wilson and Abigail McKenzie make a great pair, personally and professionally, in "Murder at the Fitzwilliam." The use of the (fictional) museum's Egyptian collection forms an entertaining backdrop for murder and later, the investigation. The personalities are perhaps a bit overblown, especially the females, but kudos to the author for managing to work Arthur Conan Doyle into the story. There's plenty here to keep a reader interested to getting to the end and learning more about the characters, and I'm looking forward to the next installment in the series.
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Cathy G. Cole
3.0 out of 5 stars Solid mystery
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2019
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Jim Eldridge has written a good solid mystery rooted in 1894 Cambridge, England that kept me guessing. Daniel Wilson, ex-copper-turned-private-investigator, is the stiff-upper-lipped good guy whose heart sings whenever he's around archaeologist Abigail Fenton. Anyone who's ever watched the film "Pretty Woman" will be familiar with the term "bum magnet," and that seems to be Abigail's claim to fame (being attracted to the wrong sort of man) because little of her talent as an archaeologist is ever really shown.

As good as the mystery and setting are, I have to admit that the two main characters really didn't appeal to me-- and there were too many unnecessary romantic flutterings to suit me. Alas, Daniel Wilson may go on to investigate murders in other museums, but I doubt that I'll be tagging along.
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MichelleB
1.0 out of 5 stars Didn't finish
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2022
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After a couple of chapters I gave up. If you enjoy romance novels with a side of mystery, you'll like this, but for me, it's a "no." After both main characters are given far too many paragraphs of "wondering" about the other, I decided to quit. If the writing had been otherwise compelling, I probably would have stuck it out, but it isn't. It could have been set at any time, the period is not well-evoked either by description or language.
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Sheri O'Neill
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent first in a series historical murder mystery
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2020
I really liked this book and was excited to see that it was the first in a series. I felt that the author did an excellent job introducing us to new wonderfully detailed characters with a nicely driven plot. I listened to this in it's audiobook form and felt that the flow of the book was perfect and well paced. An enjoyable read. I have already downloaded the second book in the series.
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Michelle
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Transaction
Reviewed in Canada on January 28, 2022
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From point of ordering to receiving the book was smooth. The book as described and well packaged.
FYI A good read.
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John wallace
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent historical crime book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2024
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Like all Jim's books this is well written and gripping
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good crime mystery
Reviewed in Australia on January 24, 2023
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Well written, good story, interesting look at life in that era and good characters.

Will read more from this author
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A man who loves to read a hardback amd defies critics and always leaves a review if the book hits home and it joins my collection
5.0 out of 5 stars The classic first of the museum series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2023
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I imagine it’s so hard to write a new series and Jim creates a series , this was his first and it’s magical and I am so pleased I kept following his series and his other ww2 series too. Pure grit and none of the cozy as some have written with a massive back history of Rev and radio you just knew it was gonna be brilliant and it is
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A man who loves to read a hardback amd defies critics and always leaves a review if the book hits home and it joins my collection
5.0 out of 5 stars The classic first of the museum series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2023
I imagine it’s so hard to write a new series and Jim creates a series , this was his first and it’s magical and I am so pleased I kept following his series and his other ww2 series too. Pure grit and none of the cozy as some have written with a massive back history of Rev and radio you just knew it was gonna be brilliant and it is
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5.0 out of 5 stars A really good mystery
Reviewed in Canada on February 9, 2019
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I enjoyed this book very much. It kept you interested through the whole story and I look forward to the next book.
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