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A Case by the Seaside
(2025)(The ninth book in the Lady Caroline Murder Mystery series)
A novel by Isabella Bassett
What could be more peaceful than a hamlet by the sparkling blue sea with whitewashed cottages and an artists’ colony?
Summer, 1926
It’s summertime, and Lady Caroline is headed to a sleepy village on the Cornish coast on a discreet little errand for a friend. That she means to sneak in a bit of a holiday is only natural. And that James also happens to be there is pure coincidence.
But with family and friends like Lady Caroline’s, the best-laid plans are always thwarted.
What starts off as a clandestine getaway with James soon turns into a hunt for valuable paintings, prized eels, and a killer. Matters are complicated by locals with a taste for ill-gotten French cigarettes, an eccentric lord who'd go to any lengths to protect his collection of eels, and an art colony swarming with art dealers looking for an elusive painter. And is that Uncle Albert in the bushes?
As Lady Caroline is about to find out, in a fishing village overrun by smugglers, art thieves, and secret agents, no one is who they seem. Can she wade through the clues and solve the puzzle of who killed an innocent young woman—who was perhaps not so innocent, after all?
Join Lady Caroline on a fun romp by the seaside in a summer escapade filled with twists, turns, and lots of red herr...er...eels.
Art colonies, eels and murder. It’s the summer holidays in Cornwall, the way only Lady Caroline and Uncle Albert would have them.
A Case by the Seaside is Book 9 of the Lady Caroline Murder Mysteries series. In the glamorous world of 1920s Europe, money and privilege rub shoulders, and greed, envy, and murder are never far behind. Follow Lady Caroline, intelligent and witty, with a fondness for breaking rules, on a fun romp through the golden age of murder mysteries. Each book contains the requisite eccentric characters, fun historical tidbits, and puzzling murders with no gore or gloom.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Summer, 1926
It’s summertime, and Lady Caroline is headed to a sleepy village on the Cornish coast on a discreet little errand for a friend. That she means to sneak in a bit of a holiday is only natural. And that James also happens to be there is pure coincidence.
But with family and friends like Lady Caroline’s, the best-laid plans are always thwarted.
What starts off as a clandestine getaway with James soon turns into a hunt for valuable paintings, prized eels, and a killer. Matters are complicated by locals with a taste for ill-gotten French cigarettes, an eccentric lord who'd go to any lengths to protect his collection of eels, and an art colony swarming with art dealers looking for an elusive painter. And is that Uncle Albert in the bushes?
As Lady Caroline is about to find out, in a fishing village overrun by smugglers, art thieves, and secret agents, no one is who they seem. Can she wade through the clues and solve the puzzle of who killed an innocent young woman—who was perhaps not so innocent, after all?
Join Lady Caroline on a fun romp by the seaside in a summer escapade filled with twists, turns, and lots of red herr...er...eels.
Art colonies, eels and murder. It’s the summer holidays in Cornwall, the way only Lady Caroline and Uncle Albert would have them.
A Case by the Seaside is Book 9 of the Lady Caroline Murder Mysteries series. In the glamorous world of 1920s Europe, money and privilege rub shoulders, and greed, envy, and murder are never far behind. Follow Lady Caroline, intelligent and witty, with a fondness for breaking rules, on a fun romp through the golden age of murder mysteries. Each book contains the requisite eccentric characters, fun historical tidbits, and puzzling murders with no gore or gloom.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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