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Murder at the Manor
(2020)(The first book in the Tommy & Evelyn Christie Mystery series)
A novel by Catherine Coles
A grand Yorkshire estate. A dead earl. A husband in the frame.
At Hessleham Hall, the Fifth Earl of Northmoor collapses and dies under mysterious circumstances at his own family gathering—and the prime suspect is his nephew, Tommy Christie.
Evelyn Christie came to her husband's ancestral home expecting a quiet weekend, not a murder. But Evelyn is no ordinary aristocrat's wife. She served in the police during the war, and when the local force flounders and fixes its suspicions on Tommy, those old instincts come rushing back.
Determined to clear her husband's name, Evelyn starts asking the questions the family would rather she didn't—uncovering the secrets, rivalries and buried resentments behind Hessleham Hall's grand façade. But the killer is still under the roof, and the truth will have to come out before they strike again.
If you love a proper Golden Age whodunit—witty, atmospheric and built around the warm, teasing partnership of a couple worth following for the long haul—this is the perfect place to meet Tommy and Evelyn. Pour the tea, gather the household in the drawing room, and see if you can name the killer before Evelyn does.
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At Hessleham Hall, the Fifth Earl of Northmoor collapses and dies under mysterious circumstances at his own family gathering—and the prime suspect is his nephew, Tommy Christie.
Evelyn Christie came to her husband's ancestral home expecting a quiet weekend, not a murder. But Evelyn is no ordinary aristocrat's wife. She served in the police during the war, and when the local force flounders and fixes its suspicions on Tommy, those old instincts come rushing back.
Determined to clear her husband's name, Evelyn starts asking the questions the family would rather she didn't—uncovering the secrets, rivalries and buried resentments behind Hessleham Hall's grand façade. But the killer is still under the roof, and the truth will have to come out before they strike again.
If you love a proper Golden Age whodunit—witty, atmospheric and built around the warm, teasing partnership of a couple worth following for the long haul—this is the perfect place to meet Tommy and Evelyn. Pour the tea, gather the household in the drawing room, and see if you can name the killer before Evelyn does.
Readers of this series love:
- Husband-and-wife sleuthing team
A 1920s North Yorkshire country-house mystery
A grand aristocratic estate and a titled victim
A former wartime policewoman turned amateur sleuth
A wrongly accused husband and a clear-his-name race against time
A Golden Age, clean cosy—clever, never gruesome
First in the series—the ideal place to start
The first in The Tommy & Evelyn Christie Mysteries—an atmospheric, witty Golden Age cosy series set in 1920s North Yorkshire, featuring a husband-and-wife sleuthing team.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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