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Murder in House

(Ellie Quicke #10)

Veronica Heley

3.90 · Rating details · 108 ratings · 18 reviews

Ellie Quicke is back - Ellie and her new husband Thomas are called to deal with student Ursula, who has staged a sit-in at church. Ursula challenges Ellie to solve three mysteries: a broken engagement, a disappearance and a death. As she investigates, Ellie suspects there is more to these events than anyone is admitting. Soon she finds her own friends and family targeted, ...more

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Published September 1st 2009 by Severn House Publishers (first published 2009)

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Apr 22, 2015 Ivonne Rovira rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: lovers of clever cozies

Ellie Quicke, now married to Father Thomas, has had enough: enough of her architect cousin Roy’s fecklessness in business, enough of his wife’s helplessness, enough of having to solve everyone’s problems — and especially enough of her bullying, unscrupulous daughter Diana’s disreputable antics. Because of this, Ellie almost doesn’t investigate a college student’s unnerving feeling that one friend’s accidental death was really murder and that the other friend’s disappearance was ominous. Almost.

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Nov 29, 2017 Betty rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Ellie Quiche life changed in the last book, MURDER IN THE PARK which I have not read. I like the way this tale is changing and looking forward to following Ellie 's new life. Ellie is now married to Father Thomas and they are living in the Victorian mansion. Ellie has promised Diana to turned over her home for her to live. Thomas is called to a church to remove a young girl, Ursula from the vestry. She tells of a possible murder, a missing person, and a broken engagement. Ellie becomes involved ...more

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Jan 10, 2017 Lynn rated it really liked it

I always enjoy the Elle Quicke series by Veronica Heley. There have been some big changes in Elle's life since the last book but she is settling in well. A young girl stages a sit in at a church and Thomas engages Elle's help to remove the girl and talk to her. Ursula, the young girl, has a story of murder that was classified as a accident and is very concerned about her missing friend Mia. Elle becomes involved in checking into Ursula's story. What she finds in quite disturbing. I always have t ...more

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May 07, 2019 Lucy Takeda rated it really liked it

Ellie Quick novels tend toward cozy mystery. There is nothing cozy in this book. Violence, drugs, people getting beaten up, corruption in the police department, rape—-it’s fairly horrific.
Ellie and Thomas are suffering from a nasty virus when some young woman decides to hold a sit in at the church. Ursula talks about a questionable death and a broken engagement. This chat leads to a chain of physical and verbal attacks on Ellie and numerous of her friends. It does explain quite a bit about Mia, ...more

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Jul 27, 2017 Sherry rated it liked it

This one (10th in the series) was ok. I think I will still continue reading more Ellie Quicke books though I might wait a few months before trying to track down #11. I like the marriage aspect of this one but I'm not sure I like Ellie living in "the big" house with dear Rose, and many others grouped around. ...more

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Sep 04, 2018 Caroline Ingvaldsen rated it really liked it

Ellie Quicke applies her sound common sense and warm heart to solving murder and mayhem.

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Jan 10, 2019 Liisa rated it it was amazing

This is a very engaging read....

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Oct 24, 2020 aprilla rated it liked it

I enjoy this series, will continue

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Jul 20, 2017 Lorraine Shaw rated it it was amazing

Great book.

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Mar 10, 2017 Val rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery

Ellie is enjoying her new life with her new husband, Thomas, when he calls her over to the church to help him deal with a young woman who has staged a sit-in there. The situation escalates until Ellie and her entire family find themselves under attack. Can they come up with enough evidence to bring to the police before someone else gets hurt? Demanding Daughter Diana shows up again. Really Ellie. Isn't it time to insist on some boundaries for your adult daughter? Just saying. ...more

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Oct 19, 2009 bookme4life rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, contemporary-fiction, series, library-book, female-author

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is the ninth book in a series that I’ve been following for several years now. I’ve enjoyed the growth of Ellie Quicke, the main character, through out the series from a timid 50ish widow to a woman coming into her own.

About: If you’re new to this series and are minded to read it in order, go back to Murder At the Altar. The mystery in this story is self contained and the book can be appreciated on its own merits, but the characters and their history have been growing and changing throughout This is the ninth book in a series that I’ve been following for several years now. I’ve enjoyed the growth of Ellie Quicke, the main character, through out the series from a timid 50ish widow to a woman coming into her own.

About: If you’re new to this series and are minded to read it in order, go back to Murder At the Altar. The mystery in this story is self contained and the book can be appreciated on its own merits, but the characters and their history have been growing and changing throughout the series. There is a particular scene of vindication between Ellie and her horrible daughter Diana that has been brewing since book one and will make most sense in that context. Oh, and these are contemporary British mysteries.

That aside, newly remarried to a man who suits her and understands her, Ellie has moved into the big house she inherited from her Aunt Drusilla, and is now managing the property left behind as well. Ellie and Thomas have just come down with raging colds, but are forced out into the awful weather when a teenager no one knows stages a sit-in at the church where Thomas is a guest speaker. When Thomas has no luck learning what it’s all about, he brings Ellie to talk to the girl, Ursula. As it turns out, a friend of hers has gone missing, and another friend died in suspicious circumstances. Ellie initially doesn’t see how she can be of any help, but soon she’s sucked into a mystery in which people connected to her and the case are being attacked and beaten badly. When she finds the missing girl, badly beaten and sexually assaulted, a very ugly truth is revealed about a city councilman’s son, and the threats escalate.

My Thoughts: This is probably my favorite of the Ellie Quicke series. What makes it my favorite, though, is its place in the series, and the point at which the characters arrive. I honestly believe the power of the ending is best maximized by having a history with Ellie so that it’s not somehow seen as overly dramatic.

Recommendation Status: Enjoyable read. Would recommend the series to cozy British mystery lovers and those who prefer not to have graphic violence and detail. It’s not one I would feel the need to re-read very often.

Series: Ellie Quicke Mysteries – Book 9.
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Sep 02, 2012 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing

Ellie's new husband Thomas presents her with a mystery to solve though she'd much rather keep warm and fight her terrible cold. Ursula has staged a sit in at a local church and asks Ellie if she can find her friend Mia who has disappeared and solve a murder which has been treated as an accident by the police. In the course of her investigations Ellie comes up against some extremely unpleasant so-called pillars of the community and finds herself trying to unravel a mystery which is much more comp ...more

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Sep 28, 2013 AngryGreyCat rated it really liked it

Really couldn’t sleep last night and so I finished a stack of mysteries due back at the library anyway. The first was Murder in House by Veronica Heley. I am reading this out of order, having read the rest of the series a while ago, my library just didn’t have this one and now they do. :) I love the character of Ellie Quick; she is complex, likable, intelligent and brave, all packaged in the body of a middle aged woman. Initially, when I began this series I thought of it as a cozy but I would sa ...more

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Apr 23, 2010 Lynda rated it really liked it

I have missed reading this series since moving south. I interlibraryloaned this one and it was well worth the wait. Ellie Quicke is now happily married to the Reverend Thomas, managing the Trust left to her by her first husband's late Aunt Drusilla, and still dealing with her difficult adult daughter Diana. After Thomas finds a college student Ursula camping out in the nearby church, Ellie is called upon to reason with her and of course becomes involved in Ursula's problems. There are three inte ...more

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Nov 19, 2013 Carol rated it really liked it

This is #10 in a series of Ellie Quicke mysteries. I must have skipped one because the home situation of Ellie is VERY DIFFERENT than the last time. This was good story about corruption in high places because a rich man is buying people off. And once that happens then those people will go to any lengths to keep the payoffs coming and the rich guy happy no matter the cost to others.
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Apr 14, 2012 Karen rated it really liked it

Ellie Quicke is called upon to deal with a student who has staged a sit-in at church. The student challenges Ellie to solve three mysteries: a broken engagement, a disappearance, and a death. As she investigates, Ellie suspects there is more to these events than anyone is admitting.
I always enjoy the Ellie Quick mysteries - she does manage to get involved in so many things in one book. I believe this is number 10 in the series and I don't think I have missed any of these. ...more

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Aug 21, 2009 Susan rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery-england

Ursula Belton's best friend is missing and another good friend is dead. That's when Ursula, a student, asks Ellie Quicke for help. Unfortunately, that puts Ellie, her friends and family, at conflict with the powerful Prior developers, whose family is implicated in Ursula's problems. ...more

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Nov 09, 2010 Karolyn rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this as much as all of the other Ellie Quick stories

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Veronica Heley has published more than fifty books, including crime fiction, historical, and children's titles. She is currently involved in the Ellie Quicke series of crime stories and a variety of other projects. A full-time writer, she has been married to a London probation officer since 1964, and has one musician daughter.

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