Manoir Thistlewood : Heurts d’une Dame

Eliza Montagu #6

by Fiona Grace

MANOIR THISTLEWOOD : HEURTS D’UNE DAME est le tome 6 d’une série de romans policiers charmants, se déroulant dans les années 1920, écrits par Fiona Grace, l’auteur du best-seller Meurtre au Manoir , qui a reçu plus de 300 critiques à cinq étoiles !

Durant des siècles, le manoir Thistlewood a été la demeure de la famille Montagu, un pilier de l'aristocratie britannique dans la campagne anglaise. Mais en 1928, ère de renouveau pour les droits des femmes, Eliza Montagu, 27 ans, esprit libre, a tourné le dos à sa famille pour vivre une vie d'artiste à Londres.

Pourtant, après avoir été convoquée au manoir, Eliza décide d'y rester (pour l’heure) afin d'aider son père à gérer l’entreprise familiale en péril. La présence de son meilleur ami d'enfance, Oliver, lui offre aussi une raison de rester pour découvrir si leur romance inavouée pourrait un jour se concrétiser.

Il semblerait que le moment tant attendu soit enfin arrivé ! Oliver s’apprête à demander sa main à Eliza, qui est aux anges. Sa vie tout entière paraît enfin prendre la direction dont elle avait toujours rêvé.

Jusqu’à ce qu’Eliza surprenne Oliver avec son ex.

Son ex est soudainement assassinée.

Et tous les regards se dirigent vers Eliza.

Eliza parviendra-t-elle à prouver son innocence, après son arrestation ? Pourra-t-elle découvrir l’identité du vrai tueur, avec l’aide de sa sœur et des domestiques ?


Charmante série de romans policiers historiques qui transportent les lecteurs dans le temps, THISTLEWOOD MANOR véhicule le mystère dans ce qu’il a de meilleur : envoûtant, atmosphérique et accrocheur. Plein de rebondissements surprenants, avec un mystère difficile à résoudre, ce roman palpitant vous tiendra en haleine jusque tard dans la nuit, et tomber amoureux de son héroïne inoubliable.

Genres: Historical Mystery, Cozy, Historical Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Fiction

205 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 8, 2023

About the author

Debut author Fiona Grace is author of the LACEY DOYLE COZY MYSTERY series which includes MURDER IN THE MANOR (Book #1), DEATH AND A DOG (Book #2) and CRIME IN THE CAFE (Book #3). Fiona would love to hear from you, so please visit www.fionagraceauthor.com to receive free ebooks, hear the latest news, and stay in touch.

Reviews

[Tali · Rating 1 out of 5]

Warning for audiobook readers that instead of a narrator like the previous books this audiobook is done by AI and it makes this book almost impossible to get through. I will not be continuing with the series as ongoing it’s AI narration. There are random jarring noises, weird glitches and sounds, and a lack of any emotional tone that ruins the story.

[Elise Dubois · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love these books. Unfortunately, I have been listening to these in audiobook format. It’s awful. There are hissing noises. Clicking noises. Random sound blips. And if you can get past all that (good luck), apparently there are *** breaks between segments in the chapters. You guessed it, the AI says “asterisk asterisk asterisk” every time these come up. Based on this, I won’t be listening to anymore in the series.

[robbie jean lister · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have just about run out of words to express how much I an loving this series,,I download them from the public library and I finished this one,tried to get the next and was told I had reached my limit for this month so after being upset I decided to see if I could find something on CLOUD,,just to have something to read until the first of April,,,

[LJ Fiorentino · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was an audio book. Plot was good. Read by AI, glitchy and robotic delivery.

[Cyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’ve been following this series since I figure I might as well keep going with it. Overall, the stories are fine, not too exciting but it is a cozy mystery. However, there are so many editing issues with this and I find myself a bit offended as a reader. For one, the author can’t seem to get the titles straight. At one point, she referred to a character as a Lady or a Lord and then at another the same character is referred to as Mr or Mrs. This particular book has even more mistakes like this. Did she think the readers won’t notice? Also, Eliza Montagu is sometimes being referred to as “Lady Montagu” - which is incorrect, that’s her mother. And sometimes she is referred to as “Miss”, even more incorrect. And then, Sarah, Eliza’s maid, referred to Oliver by his first name. Even though she is on a first-name basis with Mercy, she is still a servant and who gave her permission to refer to other aristocrats by their first name? It’s just all over the place. I don’t know if it’s laziness on the author’s part or just lack of diligence.

Finally, this book was “supposed” to be a turning point I guess for Eliza and Oliver’s relationship but it’s not. The romance is non-existent and while Oliver has been kind of an afterthought in previous books, he was more front-and-center here. But I realized he has been written as a very weak character. He is very devoid of personality and doesn’t seem to have a mind of his own. He was intriguing before as he was somewhat of a mystery but now I’m not even sure I like him. He just goes along with whatever - I don’t really see the point of him.

The mystery was so-so. As usual, Eliza keeps getting things wrong and finding herself in situations that she always find the most ridiculous excuses for. The whole premise between the victim and Oliver was kind of weak. Oliver’s responses were weak and Eliza’s reaction to all of that was childish. There was no further communication between the two. And Oliver just accepted whatever Eliza proposed - like I said, devoid of personality.

I might just finish the rest of the series just to get it over with but this one book has been most disappointing. I just skimmed through most of the book just to get to the end.