Murder At Ashcombe Hall

About this book

When an unfashionably practical vicar's daughter inherits a grand estate, she expects property disputes, not poisoned port...or a game of murderous intrigue in the genteel English countryside.Fresh from London's nursing wards (and armed with nothing but a stiff upper lip, a startling lack of etiquette, and her fiery Jack Russell, Pip), Cecily arrives at her inherited Oxfordshire estate to discover that grand country houses are nothing like the vicarage back home-and infinitely more dangerous.Between Pip's enthusiastic assaults on priceless antiques, Mrs Fotheringill's steely housekeeper glare, and an Earl who keeps keeling over at the most inconvenient moments, Cecily must untangle a web of family secrets, vulture-like relatives, and suspicious villagers before she becomes the main course. With dinner guests dropping like flies-and one particularly imperious Persian cat-our intrepid novice hostess will need all her wartime grit (and a dash of divine providence) to clear her name... and keep her new home from becoming her last.Who poisoned Lord Oswald? Everyone-and we mean everyone-has a motive in this laugh-out-loud historical page-turner-but no one can fool Cecily or her terrier partner-in-detection!Bursting with English flair, razor-sharp humour, and more twists than a country lane, Murder at Ashcombe Hall is perfect for fans of witty whodunits, genteel suspense, and the golden glow of 1920s charm. Welcome to Little Codding-you'll never want to leave (assuming you survive).