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The Murders at Clarion Castle
(2025)(The fifth book in the Homefront Sleuths Cozy WWII Mystery series)
A novel by Anna Elliott and Charles Veley
A missing heroine. A moribund butler. And a millionaire's castle chock-full of secrets...
July, 1941. When Evie Harris vanishes after visiting her late fiancé's parents, the Homefront Sleuths of Crofter's Green vow to find her. But their investigation takes a bizarre turn when Nigel's police superiors send him to nearby Clarion Castle.There, the first under-butler has just taken his final bow in the castle's wine cellar.
Could there be a connection with Evie's disappearance? Or with a hush-hush VIP visit to the castle?
The Sleuths must navigate a maze of deception, and nothing is easy. Harry finds the murdered butler's journal, but it's in a code, Blake knows codes, but he and Katherine are busy unlocking secrets in the castle library, hampered by her still-fragmented memory, Alice dons pilgrim garb to infiltrate suspicious travelers (her herb basket now doubling as spy gear), and Dorothy must size up mysterious tea shop visitors and give her friends at the castle a warning.
Not to mention Evie, who must discover where she is and then find a way to escape.
With time ticking louder than Harry's pocket watch, Evie and the Sleuths must reunite to unmask a master spy before a the course of the war is changed forever.
A delightful blend of historical mystery, wartime espionage, and village intrigue'''perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen, Susan Elia MacNeal, and Agatha Christie. Scroll up and One-click now!
Genre: Cozy Mystery
July, 1941. When Evie Harris vanishes after visiting her late fiancé's parents, the Homefront Sleuths of Crofter's Green vow to find her. But their investigation takes a bizarre turn when Nigel's police superiors send him to nearby Clarion Castle.There, the first under-butler has just taken his final bow in the castle's wine cellar.
Could there be a connection with Evie's disappearance? Or with a hush-hush VIP visit to the castle?
The Sleuths must navigate a maze of deception, and nothing is easy. Harry finds the murdered butler's journal, but it's in a code, Blake knows codes, but he and Katherine are busy unlocking secrets in the castle library, hampered by her still-fragmented memory, Alice dons pilgrim garb to infiltrate suspicious travelers (her herb basket now doubling as spy gear), and Dorothy must size up mysterious tea shop visitors and give her friends at the castle a warning.
Not to mention Evie, who must discover where she is and then find a way to escape.
With time ticking louder than Harry's pocket watch, Evie and the Sleuths must reunite to unmask a master spy before a the course of the war is changed forever.
A delightful blend of historical mystery, wartime espionage, and village intrigue'''perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen, Susan Elia MacNeal, and Agatha Christie. Scroll up and One-click now!
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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