Death at the Manor: The Asharton Manor Mysteries, #1
By Celina Grace
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**Please note - this is a novella-length piece of fiction (about 20 thousand words)**
It is 1929. Asharton Manor stands alone in the middle of a pine forest, once the place where ancient pagan ceremonies were undertaken in honour of the goddess Astarte. The Manor is one of the most beautiful stately homes in the West Country and seems like a palace to Joan Hart, newly arrived from London to take up a servant’s position as the head kitchen maid. Getting to grips with her new role and with her fellow workers, Joan is kept busy, but not too busy to notice that the glittering surface of life at the Manor might be hiding some dark secrets. The beautiful and wealthy mistress of the house, Delphine Denford, keeps falling ill but why? Confiding her thoughts to her friend and fellow housemaid, feisty Verity Hunter, Joan is unsure of what exactly is making her uneasy, but then Delphine Denford dies…
Armed only with their own good sense and quick thinking, Joan and Verity must pit their wits against a cunning murderer in order to bring them to justice.
Death at the Manor is the first in the Asharton Manor Mysteries series: a four part series of novellas spanning the twentieth century. Each standalone story uses Asharton Manor as the backdrop to a devious and twisting crime mystery, from bestselling crime writer Celina Grace, author of The Kate Redman Mysteries.
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Death at the Manor: The Asharton Manor Mysteries, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Prescription for Death: The Asharton Manor Mysteries, #2 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Rhythm of Murder: The Asharton Manor Mysteries, #3 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Number Thirteen, Manor Close: The Asharton Manor Mysteries, #4 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
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