Overview
Crime was never cozier at Moriston House, Lord Hugo Anstead'selegant estate tucked away in the charming English countryside.A quiet Tuesday evening is shattered when their gossipy LondonAgent, Penny Martin, reports a murder at the newly appointed MayfairDetective Agency.As one of society's rambling English roses, everything she said wasnews. Her bridge parties were the toast of the town--until slick financierJames Boyle died after drinking a glass of champagne intended forCaroline Audley, whose husband died in suspicious circumstances. Butwas James Boyle the intended victim?A sociable gathering of suspects cloud the investigation, including hersly son, Edward Audley, whose name had gilded the crime column onnumerous occasions. His strange sister, Ruth, knows more than she'sletting on, and secretly held the financier responsible for her father'ssudden death. Their outspoken aunt Florence savored every morsel of themurder, and arrogant architect Marcus Wetherby may have designed theperfect crime.Lord Hugo Anstead and the village sleuths are keen on the scent, astheir first lady of crime, Jane Holden, unravels a dangerous plan. ElizabethBranell-Markson, an ambitious young journalist with an eye for crime, iscertain that there is a connection to the death of Caroline Audley'shusband.Joined by an old friend, Chief Inspector Robert Hartley, the MysterySociety uncovers a cunning trail of deception. But will they solve the casebefore the murderer serves another deadly cup of crime?
- | Author: Jennifer a Girardin
- | Publisher: Independently published
- | Publication Date: Jun 22, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 181 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1072567350
- | ISBN-13: 9781072567356
