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A Deadly Inheritance
(2027)(The third book in the Lady Marigold's 1920s Murder Mystery series)
A novel by Ava Ness
A restless heroine. A storm-black wood. A murder glimpsed through a stranger's window — and a killer who saw her face at the glass.
Three months of damson preserve and parish committees have very nearly driven Lady Marigold Grey out of her mind. Once a British spy, now a respectable lady of the manor, she is dying for something — anything — to happen.
She should have been more specific.
When a November storm catches her deep in her own Yorkshire woods, Marigold makes for the warm light of a cottage she never knew was there — and through a gap in the curtains, watches one man shoot another dead. Then the gunman turns, and sees her.
She runs. She survives. But by the time the maddeningly unhurried Inspector Sullivan deigns to investigate, the storm has scrubbed the wood clean — and a murder with no corpse is a great deal harder to prove than to commit. Worse, Inspector Loxley is away in London, and the killer knows precisely whose land he's hiding on.
With her unflappable butler Bentley, her troublemaking terrier Pepper, and not a shred of evidence to her name, Marigold sets out to prove a crime everyone would rather pretend never happened — before the man who pulled the trigger decides the only witness has to go.
A charming, twisty 1920s cozy mystery, full of vintage glamour, dry wit, found family and a slow-burn romance. Perfect for fans of Verity Bright, Rhys Bowen and Lee Strauss.
New to Marigold? Start with A Roaring Murder, Book 1
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Three months of damson preserve and parish committees have very nearly driven Lady Marigold Grey out of her mind. Once a British spy, now a respectable lady of the manor, she is dying for something — anything — to happen.
She should have been more specific.
When a November storm catches her deep in her own Yorkshire woods, Marigold makes for the warm light of a cottage she never knew was there — and through a gap in the curtains, watches one man shoot another dead. Then the gunman turns, and sees her.
She runs. She survives. But by the time the maddeningly unhurried Inspector Sullivan deigns to investigate, the storm has scrubbed the wood clean — and a murder with no corpse is a great deal harder to prove than to commit. Worse, Inspector Loxley is away in London, and the killer knows precisely whose land he's hiding on.
With her unflappable butler Bentley, her troublemaking terrier Pepper, and not a shred of evidence to her name, Marigold sets out to prove a crime everyone would rather pretend never happened — before the man who pulled the trigger decides the only witness has to go.
A charming, twisty 1920s cozy mystery, full of vintage glamour, dry wit, found family and a slow-burn romance. Perfect for fans of Verity Bright, Rhys Bowen and Lee Strauss.
New to Marigold? Start with A Roaring Murder, Book 1
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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