Lord James Harrington and the Autumn Mystery

Lord James Harrington #4

by Lynn Florkiewicz

A corny cosy mystery for that lazy Sunday. Hope you enjoy this fourth novel in the series.

Meet Lord James Harrington and his delightful wife, Beth; residents of the tiny village of Cavendish, deep in the heart of West Sussex in England. They adore hosting seasonal events, running their country hotel, keeping the local folklore alive and listening to the latest murder mystery on the wireless. But mysteries don't always remain on the airwaves.....
Autumn has arrived. James and his wife, Beth, are helping with the Harvest festivities when they learn that escaped convict, Locksmith Joe, is in the area. Worryingly, James suspects that his good friend, Bert, knows more about this than he’s letting on. Also, new arrivals Christie Cameron and his sister, Jeannie, refuse to integrate into the community and have upset a number of villagers.
When Christie is found dead in his bedroom, clues suggest foul play yet the room was locked from the inside. How did the killer get in? When a second death occurs at the scarecrow festival, James puts his sleuthing hat on.
Why did elderly siblings, Christie and Jeannie, move to Cavendish? Has Locksmith Joe, a known killer, murdered again? What is his link to the Cameron's? Who is the ghostly figure in their upstairs window? Who benefits from Christie’s fortune? What family secret haunts Christie? Will a surprise discovery jeopardise his friendship with Bert?
Join James, and the Cavendish regulars, in his latest adventure.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Historical, Adult

282 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 20, 2014

Reviews

[Nikki M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun read

As always, Lynn Florkeiwicz delivers a wonderful tale filled with old secrets, new lies, and devastating guilt. Lord James Harrington and the Autumn Mystery is a great cozy for any time of the year.

Lynn: Thanks for your inspiring story. I liked your story about Paul Simon. Best wishes. Nikki

[Lynn Sukalo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disappointing

Having read many of the Lord James Harrington mysteries, this one fell short. Critical characters in the story were not sensitively portrayed in terms of their relationships and appearances. I have read several of these, and this is the first one I have found disappointing. Read this and see what you think.

[Teddi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another village mystery with all the usual cute over enthusiastic characters. The mystery was better this time. The author continues to go into great detailed descriptions of everything but I still can't picture the main characters except for what they are wearing!

[Lori Hendel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another hit for Lord James

Lord James Harrington has done it again!! Solved the current mysteries and unearths the solution to a decades old mystery too.

[mrshelenmears · Rating 5 out of 5]

Keeps you guessing to the end

Good characters writing makes you care what happens to them am eager to get the next book in the series

[L Kate]

Great mystery.

Another great mystery with fun village traditions as well. What an intriguing “locked room” mystery and all that goes on around it.

[Vicki May · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series.

[Paula Marshall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always fun

A fun atmospheric read and good mystery thrown in. Lots of twists and turns. I love keeping up with the characters

[AmyLeong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recomend the audiobook version.

[Beth Koehnke speakes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read two of these books and I really like them. They keep you guessing.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good and easy read

[Chris Leuchtenburg · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gentle story imbued with the mythic innocence of English village life in the fifties.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was surprised to go to the Amazon.com website for this book and see how many people really enjoyed this series of books. I usually like British mysteries, but I felt that this particular book moved incredibly slowly. The author was trying to build the main characters of the book and give an atmosphere, and the process of doing that made the plot bog down. I also felt there was a lot British stereotypes and the language was forced a bit, like someone was trying to make the protagonists sound British. They used all the phrases that you would hear in old movies, and it comes off a bit unreal.

The book was okay, I guess, but I did not enjoy this series enough to buy another one of these books. I really prefer good language and good writing, even in my mysteries...and this didn't fit the bill.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy this series. Lord James has changed the family mansion into a first class hotel. Each of the four books has covered a mystery and included some little insights into village life after WWII. They're light reading. Since this is the last season it will be interesting to see what happens to Lord and Lady Harrington and their village next.

[Beverly Mccollum · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the fourth in the series of seasonal mysteries set in a small English village a few years after WWII. Same core characters and - of course- the mystery to be solved. Fun and easy reading for a rainy day ( although I'm actually at the beach!). I'd recommend it.

[Linda Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

True mystery

These books are addictive. I have enjoyed each one in the series. They speak of a time long gone when everyone was a good neighbor and tried to help each other. Lots of twists and turns.

[Kim Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another lovely book by Lynn Florkiewicz. I love reading about all the events that Lord and Lady Harrington strive to keep alive. Reading these books now feels like I'm reading about friends and familiar places. I hope there's more to come.

[Carolynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the fourth book in a fun series that provides light reading as it works its way through mysteries in an English village in the four seasons, starting with Winter.

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lord Harrington last season

Fortunately it's not the end of the series. This is not a fluff cozy because there are always twists and turns. Great read and never boring.

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read.

[Betsy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the weakest book in the series. I did not like the resolution nor Harrington' s attitude. Too bad since the first two were good.

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not as good as the previous. But enjoyable none the less.

[BookAddict · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are fun mysteries. With a slight nod to Tommy and Tuppence, Lord James and his wife Beth, keep their little village of Cavendish safe from murderers. This one may be my favorite.

[Gaynor Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Re÷read and its still 5 stars

[C3wach · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just got bored. Didn't make it to the end.

[Karen Plummer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this one... mostly because I was fascinated by the character of the young teen, Boyd. His story was more interesting to me than the mystery was, as the mystery seemed fairly obvious to me, even with a confusion about identities (I'll say no more so there are no spoilers). Otherwise, it is fairly typical of the author's work and included one typo that irked me (Ch. 6, paragraph 3): in talking about GJ's history, the description used the word "insomnia" instead of "amnesia" -- must have read that sentence five times over, and cringed each time.