The Kit Aston Mysteries: Books 1-4
(2025)(A book in the Kit and Mary Aston Mystery series)
An omnibus of novels by Jack Murray
The best blend of history and mystery in crime fiction...
The Kit Aston Mysteries are fast-paced crime stories which fuse real life historical events and characters with 'Golden-Age' crime.
The Empire Theatre Murders
Music, Magic...Murder
October 1921. Kit and Mary Aston are asked by their friend, police artist Rufus Watts, to investigate threatening letters that have been sent to the performers in his family’s seaside variety theatre. They arrive to find out that temperamental magician, Javier Gonzalo, has lost his head, quite literally, mid act.
The Newmarket Murders
We're under starter's orders …
When Kit and Mary Aston visit the Newmarket stables of an old friend who is training a potential Derby winner, they stumble into a new case. The death of Teddy Harrison seems to be an open and shut case of suicide. Yet, the manner of his death raises suspicions as the two men who found him were rumoured to be paramours to the dead man's wife.
The New Year’s Eve Murders
New York on New Year’s Eve 1921 glitters like a diamond in a police searchlight…
Kit and Mary Aston join Aunt Agatha and Uncle Alastair in New York to usher in 1922. At a lavish murder mystery party hosted by the charismatic writer, Amory Beaufort, tensions simmer among the elite guests before his murder throws the party off its Foxtrot and into a a wild chase to prevent the next death.
The Maypole Murders
Morris dancing, maypoles and…murder
As the picturesque village of Upper Outwell buzzes with anticipation for its May Day festivities—complete with Morris dancers, flower garlands, and enough Victoria sponge cakes to require emergency reinforcement of the trestle tables—a shadow falls over the celebrations. A man is discovered dead in the vicarage library, his identity as enigmatic as the circumstances of his murder. Who was he? Why was he killed?
What reviewers are saying about the Kit Aston Mysteries
‘What more could you ask for. Villainous characters, humour, edge of the seat storyline and relatable personalities as the main driving force behind the plot. Superb!’
‘Love these books and the time frame they are written in! Truly a fun murder mystery and stories of love and friendship!’
Genre: Historical Mystery
Used availability for Jack Murray's The Kit Aston Mysteries: Books 1-4