The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction. This new collection gathers together stories written over a span of about 65 years, during which British society, and life in country houses, was transformed out of all recognition. It includes fascinating
05 Murder At the Country House
β Scribed by Jane Adams
- Book ID
- 115258485
- Publisher
- Soundings, Limited
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Series
- Rina Martin #5
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781780100708
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Much against her better judgement, Rina Martin accepts an invitation to join her protege, Tim, and his fiancee, Joy, at Aitkensthorpe, a country house with a sinister reputation. Gathered there are a collection of scientists, magicians and experts in the esoteric; their plan is to re-enact an incident from 1872 that left one man dead, another driven half mad and led a third to become a recluse. Rina is relieved when her friend DI MacGregor comes to rescue her. But then the weather closes in, a blizzard cutting them off from the world outside, and Edwin Holmes, grand old man of psychical research, is found murdered in his bed. Trapped in the house with a killer, Mac and Rina must find the culprit ...
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