A Silent Stabbing

Written by Alyssa Maxwell

Narrated by Amy Scanlon

As England recovers from its costly involvement in the Great War, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s
maid, Eva Huntford, find the steady comforts of their lives unsettled by a local case of murder …

Eva is excited for a visit from her sister Alice, who lives in Suffolk with her husband and three children. But when
Alice arrives alone, desiring a break from her family, Eva becomes concerned. Her dismay deepens as Alice starts
spending time with a former beau, Keenan Ripley, who owns the nearby pear orchard. At the same time, Phoebe’s
sister Julia, now a widow and pregnant, is in a fretful state, and Phoebe struggles to be helpful to her.

When Keenan’s brother Stephen, the new head gardener at the Renshaw estate, Foxwood Hall, is found impaled by
a pair of hedge clippers, the police—including Eva’s beau, Constable Miles Brannock—suspect his closest kin. Stephen
had been eager to sell their orchard to an American developer, but Keenan had fiercely resisted. A table set with two
teacups and scones suggests Keenan had company the morning of the murder—and Eva fears her sister was with him.

If Alice were to provide Keenan with an alibi, her reputation and marriage would be ruined. She denies being there
but is clearly withholding secrets, much to Eva’s consternation. Now, to protect her sister, Eva and Phoebe set off to
expose the gardener’s real killer, putting their own lives at risk …

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 25, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980068846

Alyssa Maxwell

Alyssa Maxwell began a love affair with the city of Newport years ago. Time and again the colonial neighborhoods and grand mansions drew her to return, and on one of those later visits she met the man who would become her husband. Always a lover of history, Maxwell found that marrying into a large, generations--old Newport family opened up an exciting new world of historical discovery. Today, she and her husband reside in Florida, but part of her heart remains firmly in that small New England city of great historical significance. For more info please visit www.alyssamaxwell.com.

Reviews for A Silent Stabbing

[Janie · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I never finished listening to this audiobook but reverted to a reading of the book because of the narration. Having listened to hundreds of audiobooks, I just couldn’t make it through this one. The narrator was precise but just so boring and her voice never changed. Hate to leave a less than stellar review for this author but simply did not enjoy this version.

[vesper1931 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

1920. Problems arrive at the village of Little Barlow and Foxwood Hall. Why has Eva Huntford's married sister arrived at their parents home without her husband and children. Lady Phoebe's elder sister Julia seems in a distressed state with her pregnancy. But worse events occur when the new head gardener Stephen Ripley is found dead, killed. To lady's maid Eva and Lady Phoebe there seems to be more suspects than just Stephen's brother Keenan.
An enjoyable fast-paced, cozy historical mystery with its cast of likeable characters.
A NetGalley Book

[kimkimkim-7 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

September, 1920 in the Cotswolds, Eva, maid to Ladies Phoebe and Amelia Renshaw takes center stage in this tale. She is the driving force while maintaining her position, trying to puzzle out the change in her family dynamics, sleuthing with Lady Phoebe, giving the reader a look at the upstairs/downstairs dynamics of a Great House and explaining the close knit community of Little Barlow.Everything is familiar, old characters, new ones that are introduced, life surrounding Foxwoods Hall and ah yes, a murder. It was interesting to have Eva become the storyteller in this latest installment of “A Lady and Ladies Maid Mystery series and watch her follow the carefully dropped clues to a harrowing but satisfying ending.I always enjoy Alyssa Maxwell’s books and this was no exception. Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Books for a copy.