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Vražda v sídle Wedgefield
Po románe Vražda v Mena House pokračuje populárna detektívna séria Prípady Jane Wunderlyovej ďalšou časťou, v ktorej sa nezávislá mladá vdova rozhodne prijať pozvanie anglického lorda – po nebezpečnom dobrodružstve v horúcom Egypte jej dobre padne oddýchnuť si v honosnom vidieckom sídle... až kým sa neďaleko neho nestane vražda.
Essex, 1926. Pokojný anglický vidiek poskytuje Jane a jej tete Millie, neúnavnej dohadzovačke, vítanú zastávku pred ich návratom do Ameriky. Kým Millie doháňa stratený čas so svojou novonájdenou dcérou Lillian a ich hostiteľom lordom Hughesom, Jane si kráti dlhú chvíľu hltaním detektívnych románov a lekciami lietania – čo sa tete ani trochu nepozdáva. Akékoľvek možné nebezpečenstvo vo vzduchu však zatieni tragédia na zemi, keď pri autonehode zahynie jeden z mechanikov pracujúcich u lorda Hughesa, veterán vojenského letectva Simon Marshall.
Prerezané brzdové lanká svedčia o tom, že nešlo o nehodu, no nemal sa stať obeťou niekto iný ako Simon? Dom je plný podozrivých – príbuzných, ktorí sa zastavili na návštevu, tajnostkárskeho služobníctva, tajomných osôb, ktoré sa v noci potulujú po pozemku. Za trochu nejasných okolností prichádza do sídla aj záhadný pán Redvers, ktorý pomohol Jane vyriešiť vraždu v Egypte, a opäť jej ponúka pomoc. Zdá sa, že všetci vo Wedgefielde chcú, aby Jane pomohla ochrániť rodinu Hughesovcov. Kým však hľadá odpovede, neprehliada náhodou vraha, ktorého má priamo pred očami?
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