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The Tale of Briar Bank: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter

ISBN: 9780425223611

Title: The Tale of Briar Bank: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter

Author: Susan Wittig Albert

KDL Description:

When Mr. Wickstead turns up dead under a tree limb, the villagers of Sawrey become convinced that his suspicious death is due to the treasure he had discovered last spring, while Beatrix Potter, torn between her growing fondness for Mr. Heelis and loyalty to her memories of her fiancé, sets out to unravel the case.

Amazon Description: Beloved children’s author Beatrix Potter, wearing the hat of amateur sleuth, returns in this delightful series “with legs—and tails.”(Publishers Weekly)

Near Sawrey, the seat of Miss Potter’s country home, is abuzz—Mr. Wickstead has died under a tree limb. The villagers are certain that his death had to do with a treasure he dug up last spring. But why was he in the wood on a frigid night? And what of the claw marks on the limb? And what was that treasure? As per usual, the town’s animals know more than the Big Folk. And only Pickles, Wickstead’s fox terrier, knows exactly what happened.

Meanwhile, Miss Potter wonders: can she acknowledge her fondness for Mr. Heelis and remain loyal to the memory of her fiancé? She has no time to muse, what with helping the denizens of Sawrey, human and animal—and the little matter of murder.