The Green Light At Wrenfall Hall
(2026)(The second book in the Lantern Kitchen Wartime Mystery series)
A novel by Claire Bessey
The Green Light at Wrenfall Hall
The Lantern Kitchen Wartime Mysteries, Book 2By Claire Bessey
A mysterious green light. A grand country house under wartime restrictions. And a murder hidden behind carefully staged appearances.
In 1941, life in Starling Fen is shaped by blackout curtains, rationing, military movements, and the constant uncertainty of war. For Nora Ashby, proprietor of the Lantern Kitchen and former hotel housekeeper, ordinary routines have become a dependable refuge.
Then Wrenfall Hall draws her into another mystery.
The imposing country estate is playing its part in the war effort, but strange events are beginning to disturb its carefully ordered world. A suspicious green light appears where no light should be visible during blackout. Household explanations do not quite agree. Railway and freight records raise uncomfortable questions. And before long, murder turns an unsettling mystery into a dangerous investigation.
Nora has learned that the smallest inconsistency can reveal the largest lie.
With retired stage illusionist Silas Fenner, practical nurse Miriam Quill, meticulous watchmaker Owen Pryce, mechanically gifted Winnie Crowe, and curious terrier Sprocket beside her, Nora begins untangling a puzzle built from misleading appearances, hidden objects, suspicious timings, and secrets buried within one of the district’s grandest houses.
Detective Inspector Alec Harrow knows Nora has an uncomfortable talent for noticing what official witnesses overlook. Their reluctant cooperation is becoming something more deliberate, but neither is prepared to admit how much they have begun to rely on the other.
As the investigation deepens, Nora discovers that the mystery at Wrenfall Hall may stretch beyond one murder. Railway freight movements, coded traces, and seemingly ordinary wartime logistics hint at a shadowy network operating beneath everyday village life.
But not every secret belongs to the same conspiracy.
And before Nora can uncover the truth, she must separate genuine wartime intrigue from the lies created to hide a very personal crime.
The Green Light at Wrenfall Hall is the atmospheric second novel in The Lantern Kitchen Wartime Mysteries, a British historical cozy mystery series featuring clever fair-play clues, country-house intrigue, wartime secrets, warm friendships, understated romance, a resourceful female amateur sleuth, and a troublesome little dog.
Perfect for readers who enjoy World War II cozy mysteries, British country house mysteries, historical whodunits, English village mysteries, female amateur sleuths, clean wartime murder mysteries, and cozy mysteries with dogs.
At Wrenfall Hall, some secrets stay hidden in darkness. Others announce themselves with a single green light.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
The Lantern Kitchen Wartime Mysteries, Book 2By Claire Bessey
A mysterious green light. A grand country house under wartime restrictions. And a murder hidden behind carefully staged appearances.
In 1941, life in Starling Fen is shaped by blackout curtains, rationing, military movements, and the constant uncertainty of war. For Nora Ashby, proprietor of the Lantern Kitchen and former hotel housekeeper, ordinary routines have become a dependable refuge.
Then Wrenfall Hall draws her into another mystery.
The imposing country estate is playing its part in the war effort, but strange events are beginning to disturb its carefully ordered world. A suspicious green light appears where no light should be visible during blackout. Household explanations do not quite agree. Railway and freight records raise uncomfortable questions. And before long, murder turns an unsettling mystery into a dangerous investigation.
Nora has learned that the smallest inconsistency can reveal the largest lie.
With retired stage illusionist Silas Fenner, practical nurse Miriam Quill, meticulous watchmaker Owen Pryce, mechanically gifted Winnie Crowe, and curious terrier Sprocket beside her, Nora begins untangling a puzzle built from misleading appearances, hidden objects, suspicious timings, and secrets buried within one of the district’s grandest houses.
Detective Inspector Alec Harrow knows Nora has an uncomfortable talent for noticing what official witnesses overlook. Their reluctant cooperation is becoming something more deliberate, but neither is prepared to admit how much they have begun to rely on the other.
As the investigation deepens, Nora discovers that the mystery at Wrenfall Hall may stretch beyond one murder. Railway freight movements, coded traces, and seemingly ordinary wartime logistics hint at a shadowy network operating beneath everyday village life.
But not every secret belongs to the same conspiracy.
And before Nora can uncover the truth, she must separate genuine wartime intrigue from the lies created to hide a very personal crime.
The Green Light at Wrenfall Hall is the atmospheric second novel in The Lantern Kitchen Wartime Mysteries, a British historical cozy mystery series featuring clever fair-play clues, country-house intrigue, wartime secrets, warm friendships, understated romance, a resourceful female amateur sleuth, and a troublesome little dog.
Perfect for readers who enjoy World War II cozy mysteries, British country house mysteries, historical whodunits, English village mysteries, female amateur sleuths, clean wartime murder mysteries, and cozy mysteries with dogs.
At Wrenfall Hall, some secrets stay hidden in darkness. Others announce themselves with a single green light.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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