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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Problem at Two Tithes
Clara Benson · 260 pages
The Haunted Season
G.M. Malliet · 286 pages
Something sinister is afoot at Totleigh Hall, the showcase of the sleepy English village of Nether Monkslip. Lord and Lady Baaden-Boomethistle have been in residence for some weeks now, and the villagers are hoping for a return to the days when the lord of the manor sprinkled benefits across the village like fairy dust. But a sudden grisly death intervenes, and Max Tudor's talent for sorting throu
British Manor Murder
Leslie Meier · 250 pages
Although Perry, the earl of the house, and his sister, Poppy, are surprisingly accommodating to their jetlagged guests, Lucy feels uneasy after a fallen portrait sparks talk of a deadly family omen. The bad vibes come in quickly: snobby Aunt Millicent and her handmaiden Harrison unexpectedly drop by for the exhibition, and meals with the family are consistently tense. But real trouble begins when
Murder at Dareswick Hall
Margaret Addison · 246 pages
Murder Most Malicious
Alyssa Maxwell · 304 pages
Murder at Maypole Manor
L.B. Hathaway
Excitingly, Private Detective Posie Parker has been asked to accompany Inspector Richard Lovelace of New Scotland Yard on an undercover mission. Their destination is a glittering New Year's Eve party at Maypole Manor, the cliff-top home of Lord Robin Glaysayer. Among the twelve members of the house-party are a famous film star, an artist, an Italian nobleman, a government spy and a clairvoyant. Wi
A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley · 400 pages
Award-winning author Alan Bradley returns with another beguiling novel starring the insidiously clever and unflappable eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce. The precocious chemist with a passion for poisons uncovers a fresh slew of misdeeds in the hamlet of Bishop's Lacey--mysteries involving a missing tot, a fortune-teller, and a corpse in Flavia's own backyard. Flavia had asked the old Gypsy
In the Still of the Night
Jill Churchill · 267 pages
In an effort to earn some money, Lily and Robert Brewster invite a famous author along with a group of paying guests who are eager to meet him. But then one of the paying guests is murdered in the night and the weekend is overtaken by a murder investigation. Can Lily figure out whodunit before anyone else winds up dead?
Rules of Murder
DeAnna Julie Dodson · 423 pages
In this cozy mystery set in the early 1930s English countryside, a party at Drew Farthering's country estate proves deadly, Farthering and a clever débutante guest try to catch the killer before he claims another victim.
Murder At Madingley Grange
Caroline Graham · 295 pages
"Having agreed to manor-sit rich Aunt Maude's stately Madingley Grange, Simon Hannaford and his sister Laurie decide to put the gloomy old estate to profitable use. So they hire a bogus boozing butler and a cross-dressing maid, and assemble a motley group of well-heeled eccentrics for a weekend of staged recreational murder and mayhem. But the innocent game goes awry when a singularly obnoxious gu
Auntie Mayhem
Mary Daheim · 268 pages
Though lurching through London is ever so jolly, hostess on-holiday Judith McMonigle Flynn and her cantankerous cousin Renie are looking forward to an unharried weekend at a real English country manor. They find the estate taxing, however, what with vacationing relations crowding every nook and cranny of Ravenscroft House, while its awesomely aged mistress, Aunt Petulia, holds court—until a box of
The Burglar in the Library
Lawrence Block · 344 pages
Bookseller and New-Yorker-to-the-bone, Bernie Rhodenbarr rarely ventures out of Manhattan, but he's excited about the romantic getaway he has planned for himself and current lady love Lettice at the Cuttleford House, a remote upstate b&b. Unfortunately, Lettice has a prior engagement—she's getting married . . . and not to Bernie—so he decides to take best buddy Carolyn instead. A restful respite f
Ten Lords A-Leaping
C.C. Benison · 490 pages
When a skydiving routine for charity results in the death of Hector, Earl of Fairhaven, Father Tom Christmas, investigating the case on behalf of Hector's family who believe that his death was no accident, must come to terms with the secrets of his own past to solve the mystery.
Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall
Hannah Dennison · 304 pages
"When the body of a transport minister is discovered in the grounds on Honeychurch Hall, suspicion about his unusual demise naturally falls on the folks in the village. After all, who could possibly want a high-speed train line built in their front yard? News of the murder soon reaches our heroine Kat Stanford's nemesis Trudy Wynne. A ruthless tabloid journalist and the ex-wife of Kat's discarded
The Affair of the 39 Cufflinks
James Anderson · 330 pages
"But Lavinia, I don't want people staying here," said the Earl. "After the last two house parties, we agreed no more." "This wouldn't be a house party, George, it's nine guests for one night." "But the last two times we've had people here it's been disastrous." "This is quite different. These people are family, not spies and jewel thieves and blackmailers and film stars. And when one occupies a
Murder at Lowry House
Leighann Dobbs · 266 pages
Sweet Poison
David Roberts · 288 pages
It is 1935 and the Duke of Mersham is hosting a party at his country house, when one of the guests is poisoned. Was it an accident or something more sinister? The Duke's younger brother, Lord Edward Corinth, and journalist Verity Browne set out to investigate.
The Body in the Library
Agatha Christie · 192 pages
The very-respectable Colonel and Mrs Bantry have awakened to discover the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cold cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is her connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The Bantrys turn to Miss Marple to s