Murder at Blackthorn Manor

Murder at Blackthorn ManorInheriting a manor house actually sounds like a wonderful problem to have.Especially if you write mystery novels, are chronically curious, and have always firmly believed that unexpected inheritances only happen to other people.Then Eliza Bell receives a letter from a man she has never met.Arthur Blackthorn is dead. And of all people, he has left Blackthorn Manor to her-a stately estate in tranquil Wychcombe, complete with twenty-three rooms, a housekeeper with an uncannily keen insight into human nature, a mysterious brass key, and a single condition: Eliza must stay for three months.It's just too bad that Arthur also left her a message mentioning her late mother.A mother who supposedly never set foot in Blackthorn Manor.At least, that's what she always claimed.Before long, Eliza stumbles upon an old photograph, missing letters, and the death of a young woman that was conveniently dismissed as an accident thirty-seven years ago. While everyone in the village suddenly seems to have a different version of the same night, old affairs, missing money, and plenty of reasons to lie come to light.And then it turns out that perhaps the old murder wasn't a murder after all.Arthur Blackthorn, too, may have become far too nosy for someone's liking.With the help of a very outspoken housekeeper, a doctor with questionable password choices, a rather exasperated Detective Inspector, and a cat with absolutely no respect for evidence, Eliza must uncover which story has been told wrong for decades.Because at Blackthorn Manor, almost everyone has kept something hidden.And at least one of them had a damn good reason for it.A humorous cozy mystery full of family secrets, small-town British chaos, clever clues, and the important lesson that you'd better never set foot in an inherited manor house before reading the fine print.