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Death at the Manor (The Asharton Manor Mysteries, #1)
This is a novella-length piece of fiction (about 20 thousand words)
It is 1929. Asharton Manor stands alone in the middle of a pine forest, once the place where ancient pagan ceremonies were undertaken in honour of the goddess Astarte. The Manor is one of the most beautiful stately homes in the West Country and seems like a palace to Joan Hart, newly arrived from London to take up a servant’s position as the head kitchen maid. Getting to grips with her new role and with her fellow workers, Joan is kept busy, but not too busy to notice that the glittering surface of life at the Manor might be hiding some dark secrets. The beautiful and wealthy mistress of the house, Delphine Denford, keeps falling ill but why? Confiding her thoughts to her friend and fellow housemaid, feisty Verity Hunter, Joan is unsure of what exactly is making her uneasy, but then Delphine Denford dies…
Armed only with their own good sense and quick thinking, Joan and Verity must pit their wits against a cunning murderer in order to bring them to justice.
Death at the Manor is the first in the Asharton Manor Mysteries series: a four part series of novellas spanning the twentieth century. Each standalone story uses Asharton Manor as the backdrop to a devious and twisting crime mystery, from bestselling crime writer Celina Grace, author of The Kate Redman Mysteries.
It is 1929. Asharton Manor stands alone in the middle of a pine forest, once the place where ancient pagan ceremonies were undertaken in honour of the goddess Astarte. The Manor is one of the most beautiful stately homes in the West Country and seems like a palace to Joan Hart, newly arrived from London to take up a servant’s position as the head kitchen maid. Getting to grips with her new role and with her fellow workers, Joan is kept busy, but not too busy to notice that the glittering surface of life at the Manor might be hiding some dark secrets. The beautiful and wealthy mistress of the house, Delphine Denford, keeps falling ill but why? Confiding her thoughts to her friend and fellow housemaid, feisty Verity Hunter, Joan is unsure of what exactly is making her uneasy, but then Delphine Denford dies…
Armed only with their own good sense and quick thinking, Joan and Verity must pit their wits against a cunning murderer in order to bring them to justice.
Death at the Manor is the first in the Asharton Manor Mysteries series: a four part series of novellas spanning the twentieth century. Each standalone story uses Asharton Manor as the backdrop to a devious and twisting crime mystery, from bestselling crime writer Celina Grace, author of The Kate Redman Mysteries.
89 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2014
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About the author
Celina Grace
62 books455 followersI’ve been trying to get published as a writer since…. um… er…um…see, it was that long ago I can’t remember. A long time. I make it fifteen years and counting….
I’ve also been writing for as long as I can really remember. I wrote my first story, The Blue Ruby, when I was about seven (if I can find that deathless prose scribbled in an exercise book somewhere, I might upload it here for a bit of light relief). Throughout college and university, I experimented with screenplays and scripts (I was studying Film and English at the time at the University of East Anglia), as well as other more short stories. In my twenties, I started my first novel, finished it, then my second, then my third. In my thirties, I was slightly side-tracked by the birth of my son but, leaving aside that trifling distraction, managed to write my fourth..
I didn’t bother trying to get the first novel published as I saw it as more of a practise run at this business of being an author. With the second, I entered the 2004 Lit Idol competition and got to third place. That was my ticket to publication, I thought, surely? Hah! Just the first in a long line of disappointments, of which every writer must be familiar… hopes built up to then be smacked down again. I had an agent approach me after the competition and on their encouragement, I finished, edited and polished the manuscript, sent it off to them with happy hopes – to be told months later that they didn’t think it was quite right for them..
Gutted, but enthusiasm relatively undimmed, I started on a new novel, inspired in part by the dramatic events of 2005 – the London bombings. I also wrote a short story at the same time on the same subject – it was on my mind a lot that summer (unsurprisingly. Freedom Fighter is the story – available on Amazon as part of The Mourning After short story collection). This novel The House on Fever Street (written under my maiden name Celina Alcock) was shortlisted for the 2006 Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award. Aha, I thought, a fairly prestigious and industry recognised award. This will get me published. Did it? Did it buggery!.
The House on Fever Street was also longlisted in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award of that year, which garnered me some nice reviews and a much needed ego boost but didn’t advance my career as a published author much further..
So what next for our doughty heroine? She ups and writes her fourth novel, gains an agent and thinks now, now I have finally made it as a published author! And she waits. And waits. And waits some more. And then waits a bit more. And a bit more. Finally, for variety, she waits a bit more..
So, after two years of waiting, reading about self-publishing on Amazon and other platforms, I believe a phrase that ends in ‘…for a game of soldiers’ passed my lips and I decide to publish myself. So I did. And here I am on Amazon, making sales. No publisher. No agent. Just me..
And that makes me VERY happy.
I’ve also been writing for as long as I can really remember. I wrote my first story, The Blue Ruby, when I was about seven (if I can find that deathless prose scribbled in an exercise book somewhere, I might upload it here for a bit of light relief). Throughout college and university, I experimented with screenplays and scripts (I was studying Film and English at the time at the University of East Anglia), as well as other more short stories. In my twenties, I started my first novel, finished it, then my second, then my third. In my thirties, I was slightly side-tracked by the birth of my son but, leaving aside that trifling distraction, managed to write my fourth..
I didn’t bother trying to get the first novel published as I saw it as more of a practise run at this business of being an author. With the second, I entered the 2004 Lit Idol competition and got to third place. That was my ticket to publication, I thought, surely? Hah! Just the first in a long line of disappointments, of which every writer must be familiar… hopes built up to then be smacked down again. I had an agent approach me after the competition and on their encouragement, I finished, edited and polished the manuscript, sent it off to them with happy hopes – to be told months later that they didn’t think it was quite right for them..
Gutted, but enthusiasm relatively undimmed, I started on a new novel, inspired in part by the dramatic events of 2005 – the London bombings. I also wrote a short story at the same time on the same subject – it was on my mind a lot that summer (unsurprisingly. Freedom Fighter is the story – available on Amazon as part of The Mourning After short story collection). This novel The House on Fever Street (written under my maiden name Celina Alcock) was shortlisted for the 2006 Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award. Aha, I thought, a fairly prestigious and industry recognised award. This will get me published. Did it? Did it buggery!.
The House on Fever Street was also longlisted in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award of that year, which garnered me some nice reviews and a much needed ego boost but didn’t advance my career as a published author much further..
So what next for our doughty heroine? She ups and writes her fourth novel, gains an agent and thinks now, now I have finally made it as a published author! And she waits. And waits. And waits some more. And then waits a bit more. And a bit more. Finally, for variety, she waits a bit more..
So, after two years of waiting, reading about self-publishing on Amazon and other platforms, I believe a phrase that ends in ‘…for a game of soldiers’ passed my lips and I decide to publish myself. So I did. And here I am on Amazon, making sales. No publisher. No agent. Just me..
And that makes me VERY happy.
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August 8, 2017
Having recently read, “Murder at Merisham Lodge,” the first in the Miss Hart and Miss Hunter mystery series, I was surprised to find that the two main characters apparently appeared in a previous book – this, novella length story, set in 1929. Joan Hart is the new head kitchen maid at Asharton Manor and is impressed by the enormous house, but does not feel it is a happy place. The Master, Mr Denford, is usually away working, leaving the Mistress, Delphine Denford at home with her brother, John Manfield, just returned from Africa, her friend, Miss Cleo Maddox and Mrs Carter-Knox, Mr Denford’s aunt.
Joan works hard, but, when there is a sudden, and unexpected death, she finds herself suddenly aware that she holds a clue to suggest that the death might be due to murder… With the help of her friend, Verity Hunter, who is in service in London, the pair need to have some evidence along with Joan’s theory. This is a realistic, well realised story, which helped introduce the characters from the full length mystery, “Murder at Merisham Lodge.” As the short story is referred to throughout the novel, I wish that I had read this first but, either way, I am glad that I did read it and look forward to reading more books featuring Joan and Verity.
Rated 3.5
Joan works hard, but, when there is a sudden, and unexpected death, she finds herself suddenly aware that she holds a clue to suggest that the death might be due to murder… With the help of her friend, Verity Hunter, who is in service in London, the pair need to have some evidence along with Joan’s theory. This is a realistic, well realised story, which helped introduce the characters from the full length mystery, “Murder at Merisham Lodge.” As the short story is referred to throughout the novel, I wish that I had read this first but, either way, I am glad that I did read it and look forward to reading more books featuring Joan and Verity.
Rated 3.5
April 30, 2018
This short story is a prequel to the Miss Hart & Miss Hunter Investigate series. And with the amount of build up in the three 'sequels' I expected there to be much more suspense and intrigue.
Here Joan is starting a new job as a kitchen maid at a county house, Asharton Manor. The above the stairs residents are rather uninteresting. The wife is weak and flightly, her brother returned from Africa stalks the estate with a gun but never seems to bag anything. The man of the house seems to actually work; the horror, in the city with stocks.
When the mistress dies suddenly Joan is suspicious. Since Verity Hunter is working in London they are hard pressed to collaborate, Joan goes to London and Verity manages a trip to Asharton. The mystery is solved and the police are notified....
Here Joan is starting a new job as a kitchen maid at a county house, Asharton Manor. The above the stairs residents are rather uninteresting. The wife is weak and flightly, her brother returned from Africa stalks the estate with a gun but never seems to bag anything. The man of the house seems to actually work; the horror, in the city with stocks.
When the mistress dies suddenly Joan is suspicious. Since Verity Hunter is working in London they are hard pressed to collaborate, Joan goes to London and Verity manages a trip to Asharton. The mystery is solved and the police are notified....
June 9, 2014
Loved, LOVED, LOVED Death at the Manor by Celina Grace.
I was only recently introduced to Celina Grace's writing, and Death at the Manor came as a delightful surprise. Quite how the author manages to make such multi-dimensional characters spring from the page in such a short novel is incredible, and I really enjoyed the cozy-bordering-on-sinister mystery plot.
Really enjoyed this and would recommend it to anyone who fancies a quick, satisfying read. I can't wait to read more from Asharton Manor!
I was only recently introduced to Celina Grace's writing, and Death at the Manor came as a delightful surprise. Quite how the author manages to make such multi-dimensional characters spring from the page in such a short novel is incredible, and I really enjoyed the cozy-bordering-on-sinister mystery plot.
Really enjoyed this and would recommend it to anyone who fancies a quick, satisfying read. I can't wait to read more from Asharton Manor!
April 8, 2016
Started off well, but as another reviewer pointed out, the hint about the motive was planted early and wasn't exactly subtle. (Actually, I was expecting something a bit more, which never materialized.) I tend to read novellas, anthologies and graphic novel adaptions to get a feel for an author's work (so I'm familiar with the built-in limitations of these formats), but this one just didn't capture my interest.
August 8, 2015
Great read
I don't usually read the novellas but a friend told me how good this author is so I gave it a try. Really enjoyed this story and can't wait to read a full book by Ms Grace. This was a fast paced read with the expected twist at the end.
I don't usually read the novellas but a friend told me how good this author is so I gave it a try. Really enjoyed this story and can't wait to read a full book by Ms Grace. This was a fast paced read with the expected twist at the end.
August 3, 2014
I know this is a short novel, but it could have been a lot better, I guess the main characters will be fleshed out as the series continues. Also finished at 75%.
December 3, 2025
Good read.
I’m getting ready for my English exam so I decided to read this book, and i love it it’s useful!
I’m getting ready for my English exam so I decided to read this book, and i love it it’s useful!
December 30, 2017
This was the shortest story I’ve read for some time but it was a well written and very enjoyable one. Written in the first person, the main character Joan’s tale is told with an economy of words – what’s needed is used to further the description and the plot with no unnecessary details. The story quickly unfolds, the murder mystery revealed in an interesting way, which contrarily is the only part of the story I find a little implausible. Though why shouldn’t a kitchen maid be able to present the police with both a deep suspicion and fairly conclusive evidence? The fact that the tale takes place during the early 20th century means that repercussion of removal of evidence from the scene of the crime seems to be more acceptable than in current times.
September 2, 2014
The first in The Asharton Manor Mysteries set in 1929 when the world was changing very quickly. Very enjoyable period mystery told in the traditional first person by the unlikeliest of sleuths, Joan Hart a new kitchen maid. Asharton Manor is an imposing edifice, packed with the requisite secrets and history. Grand but somber. Author Celina Grace paints a gratifying picture of the vast difference between upstairs and downstairs life we've become enamored with through shows like Downton Abbey. I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery and would give it five stars except for the brevity. I would have enjoyed a longer stay in Asharton Manor.
October 22, 2015
Pretty straight forward mystery Novella. I can't say it was great, but wasn't bad. It could be that I need a little more meat on the bones of a story to truly enjoy it, not sure. Especially an English cozy Mystery. Part of the fun is playing along with the characters. Basically Death at the Manor is a simple little mystery tied up in a tidy little package without allowing the reader to do much sleuthing.
For fans of shorter stories this one isn't bad, just not my thing.
For fans of shorter stories this one isn't bad, just not my thing.
January 9, 2016
Wonderfully written period mystery novella with a surpise ending & strong main characters. I could easily envision this as a tv series & would love to see further novels based soley around the characters Joan & Verity & their amateur sleuthing adventures.
April 24, 2015
Death at the Manor
This is the first of Celina Grace novellas I have read. I was entertained an look forward to reading subsequent stories.
This is the first of Celina Grace novellas I have read. I was entertained an look forward to reading subsequent stories.
February 25, 2016
a good quick read.
August 2, 2016
I like the setting...I stopped caring much about the whole mystery or the main character after the 54th "I have a bad feeling" though. I only finished it just to see how it was wrapped up.
January 22, 2018
kindle unlimited, sounded as if slightly different type of cozy, but the years passing connections or probably connections didn't really click half the time, wanted to like it more than did, had potential, but....Read this as 4 set, but the only one that really got my attention was the first one, would have liked to have continuing story of that one, her adventures/writing. {VERY SORRY looked in to Death at the Manor as series Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate.} Same slew of errors, grammatical and otherwise as the others, this and the others all ended up being 1.
BOOK ONE - Death at the Manor
It is 1929. Asharton Manor stands alone in the middle of a pine forest, once the place where ancient pagan ceremonies were undertaken in honour of the goddess Astarte. The Manor is one of the most beautiful stately homes in the West Country and seems like a palace to Joan Hart, newly arrived from London to take up a servant’s position as the head kitchen maid. Getting to grips with her new role and with her fellow workers, Joan is kept busy, but not too busy to notice that the glittering surface of life at the Manor might be hiding some dark secrets. The beautiful and wealthy mistress of the house, Delphine Denford, keeps falling ill but why? Confiding her thoughts to her friend and fellow housemaid, feisty Verity Hunter, Joan is unsure of what exactly is making her uneasy, but then Delphine Denford dies… Armed only with their own good sense and quick thinking, Joan and Verity must pit their wits against a cunning murderer in order to bring them to justice.
Death at the Manor (The Asharton Manor Mysteries Book 1)
A Prescription for Death (The Asharton Manor Mysteries Book 2)
The Rhythm of Murder (The Asharton Manor Mysteries Book 3)
Number Thirteen, Manor Close (The Asharton Manor Mysteries Book 4)
The Asharton Manor Mysteries Boxed Set (Books 1 - 4)
DEATH AT THE MANOR (PREQUEL NOVELLA) {also found as first of 4 set in Asharton Manor Mysteries Boxed 4 set}
MURDER AT MERISHAM LODGE (BOOK 1)
DEATH AT THE THEATRE (BOOK TWO)
Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate: Volume 1
THE HIDDEN HOUSE MURDERS (BOOK 3)
BOOK ONE - Death at the Manor
It is 1929. Asharton Manor stands alone in the middle of a pine forest, once the place where ancient pagan ceremonies were undertaken in honour of the goddess Astarte. The Manor is one of the most beautiful stately homes in the West Country and seems like a palace to Joan Hart, newly arrived from London to take up a servant’s position as the head kitchen maid. Getting to grips with her new role and with her fellow workers, Joan is kept busy, but not too busy to notice that the glittering surface of life at the Manor might be hiding some dark secrets. The beautiful and wealthy mistress of the house, Delphine Denford, keeps falling ill but why? Confiding her thoughts to her friend and fellow housemaid, feisty Verity Hunter, Joan is unsure of what exactly is making her uneasy, but then Delphine Denford dies… Armed only with their own good sense and quick thinking, Joan and Verity must pit their wits against a cunning murderer in order to bring them to justice.
Death at the Manor (The Asharton Manor Mysteries Book 1)
A Prescription for Death (The Asharton Manor Mysteries Book 2)
The Rhythm of Murder (The Asharton Manor Mysteries Book 3)
Number Thirteen, Manor Close (The Asharton Manor Mysteries Book 4)
The Asharton Manor Mysteries Boxed Set (Books 1 - 4)
DEATH AT THE MANOR (PREQUEL NOVELLA) {also found as first of 4 set in Asharton Manor Mysteries Boxed 4 set}
MURDER AT MERISHAM LODGE (BOOK 1)
DEATH AT THE THEATRE (BOOK TWO)
Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate: Volume 1
THE HIDDEN HOUSE MURDERS (BOOK 3)
June 6, 2017
Deadly when a wife finds out a secret!!!!!
I give this book 20 stars!!!!
My first time reading this author and I love it. The characters in this book are remarkable and some are likeable more than others. They remind me of a show I would watch on PBS " Upstairs Downstairs" with British actors. I loved that show.
With Joan Hart having arrived from London where she used to live and work, she has gotten this job as a head kitchen maid. Then strange things start to happen with the people who owned the house, she had to write to her life long friend/sister for a sounding board and advise Verity Hunter.
The mistress of the house was acting strange and then her brother appears from Africa where he was living and her husband gone all the time suppose to be working in London.
Boy, the deception, strange illness, loud arguments heard and a mysterious death turns the house upside down.
You won't be disappointed. You got to try this author.
I give this book 20 stars!!!!
My first time reading this author and I love it. The characters in this book are remarkable and some are likeable more than others. They remind me of a show I would watch on PBS " Upstairs Downstairs" with British actors. I loved that show.
With Joan Hart having arrived from London where she used to live and work, she has gotten this job as a head kitchen maid. Then strange things start to happen with the people who owned the house, she had to write to her life long friend/sister for a sounding board and advise Verity Hunter.
The mistress of the house was acting strange and then her brother appears from Africa where he was living and her husband gone all the time suppose to be working in London.
Boy, the deception, strange illness, loud arguments heard and a mysterious death turns the house upside down.
You won't be disappointed. You got to try this author.
July 9, 2017
The concept of the investigator being "downstairs" rather than "upstairs" I thought was a clever one, but I didn't feel in the end it was entirely successful. Joan seems to get away with rather a lot - convenient days off, smuggling in her friend, who can also get the same day off, etc. Perhaps I'd have been more convinced if all the action had taken place in London, so at least they weren't geographically separated. I liked Joan and Verity as characters though.
Also it's REALLY short. Joan and Verity appear to have solved the mystery, but there were quite a few pages to go and I thought Joan would be placed in deadly peril or something, but no - the last section is an extract of another work by the author.
Also it's REALLY short. Joan and Verity appear to have solved the mystery, but there were quite a few pages to go and I thought Joan would be placed in deadly peril or something, but no - the last section is an extract of another work by the author.
September 3, 2020
First in Celina Grace's Asharton Manor Mysteries, Death at the Manor. This is a short piece, somewhere between a short story and a novella. Joan Hart is hired as a kitchen maid at a large home in the English countryside. The lady of the house is found dead one morning. Her brother is visiting and her husband is in London on business. Joan is distressed by something she noticed the next day and joins forces with her friend Verity. Together they investigate the circumstances of the death and provide their findings to the police. Apparently there are more of these stories available. It's a very quick read, and with the shortness the story line is compact, and the characters involved are limited, so cannot judge it as I would I full novel.
March 21, 2017
I started ‘Murder at Merisham Lodge’ by this author and realised that there must have been a book before this, as Joan kept referring to a previous ‘adventure’ with Verity at Asharton Manor. Which is why I am reading this novella.
This book starts by introducing the main characters and setting the scene for what turns out to a murder. The problem is it is all a bit dry and I didn’t feel any real attachment for Joan. Fortunately once Joan begins to suspect murder and involves Verity it is a bit more interesting.
I was beginning to like the two maids but then it ended, which is why I only gave the book 2 stars. However, I will go back to reading ‘Murder at Merisham Lodge’ with a bit more interest in Joan and Verity.
This book starts by introducing the main characters and setting the scene for what turns out to a murder. The problem is it is all a bit dry and I didn’t feel any real attachment for Joan. Fortunately once Joan begins to suspect murder and involves Verity it is a bit more interesting.
I was beginning to like the two maids but then it ended, which is why I only gave the book 2 stars. However, I will go back to reading ‘Murder at Merisham Lodge’ with a bit more interest in Joan and Verity.
January 10, 2018
DEATH AT THE MANOR is billed as a novella, but it has enough content to feel like a short novel. Asharton Manor is convincingly created, complete with its woodlands, and most of the inhabitants receive a good build-up. Joan and Verity, while they do the detecting, are convincing and enjoyable as maids. I paid higher than sale price in order to continue with the characters in their second full-length novel DEATH AT THE THEATRE.
November 22, 2017
Nice period mystery with excellent characterization. We get to know the protagonist quite well, and care about her life and how the murder impacts her. Great historical detail for the period (1929 English manor house), with an accuracy rarely seen in the interactions between individuals of different classes in current movies and television series.
October 21, 2020
Shoot!
It was a great read, except I wanted it to continue and suddenly it was over. Ms Grace has more to offer and I do so enjoy jumping right end. I do wish she had elaborated a little more on the characters, giving some back ground on the owners of the Manor. I did enjoy it and look forward to more of her writings.
It was a great read, except I wanted it to continue and suddenly it was over. Ms Grace has more to offer and I do so enjoy jumping right end. I do wish she had elaborated a little more on the characters, giving some back ground on the owners of the Manor. I did enjoy it and look forward to more of her writings.
January 2, 2021
A good set up for the series
The book is designed to introduce you to the characters and start to build your relationship with them. That way you will be happy to carry on reading as they become amateur sleuths (presumably).
It’s a nice little stand alone mystery and worth a read to see if the characters appeal to you.
The book is designed to introduce you to the characters and start to build your relationship with them. That way you will be happy to carry on reading as they become amateur sleuths (presumably).
It’s a nice little stand alone mystery and worth a read to see if the characters appeal to you.
January 18, 2021
Small but mighty
I loved reading this book. It's not too long, nor too involved, which is why it was perfect to read while on vacation. You can easily pick up where you left off without having to go back a few pages. Joan and Verify are a delight to follow along with. I am looking forward to reading more books by Celina Grace.
I loved reading this book. It's not too long, nor too involved, which is why it was perfect to read while on vacation. You can easily pick up where you left off without having to go back a few pages. Joan and Verify are a delight to follow along with. I am looking forward to reading more books by Celina Grace.
November 23, 2017
I have read all the Asharton Manor novels and really enjoyed this one, once you read all four it is wonderful how the author bobs back in time to include things from the past into her current novel. Love the heroine and her sidekick and enjoyed reading about them before and after this took place, a great read - even if short.
February 8, 2018
Enjoyable Read
Enjoyed the development of the characters Joan and Verify. I am of English background so I liked th setting in historical setting in England. Celina Grace provided a surprising twist at the end.
Enjoyed the development of the characters Joan and Verify. I am of English background so I liked th setting in historical setting in England. Celina Grace provided a surprising twist at the end.
July 1, 2018
This is a parallel series to Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigates series. This book starts before the other series.
Joan Hart is a kitchen maid at Asharton Manor when the Mistress dies. Something does not seem right to Joan. She gathers clues and eventually takes the information to the police.
Joan Hart is a kitchen maid at Asharton Manor when the Mistress dies. Something does not seem right to Joan. She gathers clues and eventually takes the information to the police.
July 29, 2018
I rate this 2 1/2 stars. The book has quality writing and I liked the main character. The ending is a bit disappointing because information is not provided to allow the reader to figure out who was the killer but the investigator was privy to it.
June 6, 2019
Book 1 of 4: Each novella looks at the manor at a different time, this one 1929, (See also Murder at Merisham Lodge, follows two from this book into their own series.)
This is a very quick read. - and not hugely memorable. Slightly gothic classic British murder. 2.5-3 stars.
This is a very quick read. - and not hugely memorable. Slightly gothic classic British murder. 2.5-3 stars.
July 14, 2019
Charming
Murder in a stately manor house. An unlikely detective in the form of a kitchen maid aided and abetted by her (orphanage) sister. A murder weapon I’ve never heard of before. All of this comes together in a light but delightful mystery.
Murder in a stately manor house. An unlikely detective in the form of a kitchen maid aided and abetted by her (orphanage) sister. A murder weapon I’ve never heard of before. All of this comes together in a light but delightful mystery.
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