Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie with a touch of Wodehouse and a dog of distinction What readers are saying... Couldn't put it down'. Humorous - did I say humorous?' 'And there's even a dog!' 'Cozy murder mystery at its best!' 'Love the setting, old country house, eccentric guests, snow and murder'. 'It's always the last one you thought - who dun it! It's 1920 and Christmas is coming. Major Lennox finds a body on his doorstep - why on his doorstep? Was it to do with the Countess? Was it about the ruby necklace? Lennox goes to Melrose Court home to his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. But then the murders begin and it snows and it all becomes very complicated.... Major Heathcliff Lenno, ex WW1 war pilot, 6feet 3inch, tousled dark blond hair, age around 30 - named after the hero of Wuthering Heights by his romantically minded mother - much to his great annoyance. Murder at Melrose Court is the first book in the Lennox series - Book 2, The Black Cat Murders is number 2 in the series. Follow Karen Menuhin for more news.
Murder at Melrose Court
A Country House Christmas Murder
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781666682977
- File size: 185001 KB
- Duration: 06:25:24
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- English
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November 2, 2020
Set in 1920 mostly at an English country house, Menuhin’s winning debut and series launch blends a golden age whodunit with dry Wodehousian humor. The Jeevesian butler sets the tone by announcing to the house’s owner, Maj. Heathcliff Lennox, “I must inform you, sir, that a body has been discovered on the front doorstep.” Though the unidentified corpse has no marks of violence on it, the police suspect foul play—and that Lennox may have been responsible. On a slip of paper Lennox finds on the dead man and turns over to the police is the name of Countess Sophia Androvich Zerevki Polyakov. The plot thickens after the countess, a White Russian, who has become engaged to Lennox’s uncle Charles, is shot dead in Charles’s home. Lennox is caught holding the murder weapon, and he must turn investigator to exonerate himself and get to the bottom of both murders. The brisk pacing and capable prose are impressive. Fans of lighthearted cozies will be delighted.
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