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A Mansion for Murder

Published
Oct 2022
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Police Procedural Police Procedural
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320

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New and longtime Kate Shackleton fans can enjoy this delightful historical mystery with echoes of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and the British mysteries of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear!

Old bones speak from the grave as a curse descends on 1930s Yorkshire . . .


When Kate Shackleton disembarks at Saltaire station, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, she has no idea what to expect. A stranger, Ronnie Creswell, has written to say that he has urgent information about the past that will interest her, and he persuades her to make the journey to Milner Field, the grand house that is said to be cursed. But moments after Kate arrives at the lodge, a messenger brings devastating news to Ronnie's parents: he has been found drowned in the mill reservoir.
 
Ronnie's father suspects that this was no accident, and the post-mortem proves him right. Ronnie was murdered. Terrified and distraught, Mrs. Creswell refuses to stay at the Lodge a moment longer. But events take an even more shocking turn when ten-year-old Nancy Creswell, eyes and ears for her blind Uncle Nick, goes missing. An account of the fateful Saturday of Ronnie's death arouses Kate's suspicions, and further investigations could prove her right. But truth is never so straightforward at Milner Field. Uncle Nick spins an old story that could hold the key to finding Nancy alive—though the fabled curse may not have claimed its last victim yet. And only a set of old bones buried on the grounds will finally reveal the horrifying truth.
 
A Mansion for Murder is the 13th Kate Shackleton historical mystery, perfect for both new and longtime fans.

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