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A Study in Murder

by Callie Hutton
Rosie Akerman
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Bath, England, 1890. Mystery author Lady Amy Lovell receives an anonymous letter containing shocking news: her fiancé, Mr. Ronald St. Vincent, has been dabbling in something illegal, which causes her to promptly break their engagement. Two evenings later, as Lady Amy awaits a visit from Lord William Wethington, fellow member of the Bath Mystery Book Club, her former fiancé makes an unexpected and most unwelcome appearance at her house. She promptly sends him to the library to cool his heels but later discovers the room seemingly empty—until she stumbles upon a dead Mr. St. Vincent with a knife in his chest. Lord Wethington arrives to find Lady Amy screaming and sends for the police, but the Bobbies immediately assume that she is the killer. Desperate to clear her name, Lady Amy and Lord Wethington launch their own investigation—and stir up a hornet's nest of suspects, from the gardener who served time in prison for murder to a vengeful woman who was spurned by St. Vincent before he proposed to Lady Amy. Can they close the book on the case before the real killer gets away with murder?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Victorian Book Club Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 12, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666550788
      • File size: 264160 KB
      • Duration: 09:10:19

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Rosie Akerman's British upper-crust tones keep pace with this delightful cozy mystery set in late-nineteenth-century Bath, England. Lady Amy Lovell, having broken her engagement to Mr. Ronald St. Vincent just days before, finds his body skewered by a bloody knife in her library. Considered a prime suspect by the local detectives, Lady Amy investigates the murder, using her experience writing murder mysteries and the assistance of her ever-present intrepid friend, Lord William Wethington, a fellow aristocrat and Bath mystery book club member. Using Sherlock Holmes's deductive logic, a host of clues, and lots of legwork, Lady Amy and Lord Wethingon follow a plethora of leads. Akerman adds charm and humor to this complicated story with suspects at every turn. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 9, 2020
      Romance author Hutton (Heirlooms of the Heart) makes her mystery debut with this disappointing series launch. Lady Amy Lovell, who writes mysteries under a pseudonym and is a member of a mystery book club in 1890s Bath, England, finds herself in a real-life mystery when her former fiancé, Ronald St. Vincent, is killed in her home. As the police seem ready to cast the murder as the outcome of a lovers’ quarrel, she and her friend William, Viscount Wethington, take up sleuthing. They follow up an anonymous note that indicates St. Vincent was involved in the drug trade. They also examine St. Vincent’s shipping business and pursue suspects such as his rejected girlfriend and his scheming nephew and heir. The engagement of a private investigator by Lady Amy’s father and an attempt on the lives of Lady Amy and Lord William add predictable complications. Anachronisms, implausibilities, and uneven plotting fail to convince. Fans of Hutton’s romances may appreciate this. Agent: Nicole Resciniti, Seymour Agency.

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