Death Beside the Seaside (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #6)

by T.E. Kinsey

‘Now, look here—’ ‘No, I’m sorry, dear, but my days of looking here are most definitely behind me. You’re a guest in our country intent on stealing state secrets. It shall be up to my brother and his Foreign Office colleagues what sanctions are imposed upon you for that little transgression, but in the meantime any looking here will be entirely on your part. In the absence of firm orders to the contrary, I’m taking charge of this matter. We shall apprehend this fisherman, retrieve the strongbox, and free your niece along with, I hope, Dr Goddard. Your primary role will be to shut up and do as you’re told. Any more “now look here”-ing from you will not go well for you.’