Mrs. Pargeter's Public Relations

If Miss Manners had been married to a London mobster , she would be Melita Pargeter, the genteel widow of the late lamented Mr. Pargeter. Mrs. Pargeter was left in comfortable circumstance, but perhaps the most precious item her husband left to her was his little black book. Many a time since her husband’s death Mrs. Pargeter had need of calling upon one of her husband’s associates for help with some little matter.

But when Mrs. Pargeter accompanies her friend Jasmine Angold to a benefit for stray Greek cats—who were being rehomed to Britain—she unexpectedly meets the sister of her late husband. Unexpected because he never mentioned having a sister.

Filled with sly good humor and an assortment of colorful characters, this book will appeal to readers of humorous British mysteries.