Death Comes to the Rectory
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Lucy and Robert's joy in christening their new daughter, surrounded by extended family and loved ones who have gathered in the village of Kurland St. Mary, is only enhanced when Robert's aunt Rose—now the second wife of Lucy's father Ambrose—announces that she is with child. However, not everyone is happy about the news, in particular Rose's adult daughter Henrietta and her husband, who fear for their inheritance.
Following the christening, Rose's disagreeable son-in-law Basil Northam threatens to turn afternoon tea in the rectory into an unsightly brawl. The next morning, he is found in the rector's study, stabbed through the heart with an antique letter opener, clutching a note that appears to implicate the rector himself.
As the local justice of the peace, Robert has an obligation to remain unbiased in his investigation of the ghastly crime, even though his prime suspect is a man of the cloth and his wife's father. But Lucy is under no such obligation. As snow traps the members of the christening party in Kurland St. Mary, she vows to clear her father's name and bring the cold-blooded culprit to justice. Someone had better start saying their prayers . . .
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Catherine Lloyd. (2021). Death Comes to the Rectory. Kensington Books.
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Lucy and Robert's joy in christening their new daughter, surrounded by extended family and loved ones who have gathered in the village of Kurland St. Mary, is only enhanced when Robert's aunt Rose—now the second wife of Lucy's father Ambrose—announces that she is with child. However, not everyone is happy about the news, in particular Rose's adult daughter Henrietta and her husband, who fear for their inheritance.
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In Lloyd’s sprightly eighth mystery featuring tactful but shrewdly observant Lady Lucy Kurland and her husband, Robert, Lord Kurland (after 2020’s Death Comes to the Nursery), their families descend in the winter of 1826 on the English village of Kurland St. Mary, where the happy couple are about to celebrate the christening of their baby daughter. The families have become further entwined by the marriage of Lucy’s father, Ambrose, to Robert’s aunt Rose. Trouble blossoms when the vile Lord Northam and his imperious wife, Henrietta, who’s Rose’s daughter from her first marriage, arrive uninvited. After Northam is stabbed to death with Ambrose’s letter opener, Robert, as the local magistrate, is duty bound to investigate the crime. With Ambrose the chief suspect, Lucy makes inquiries of her own to prove her father’s innocence. The tension rises as a snow storm isolates the christening party. Wonderfully loathsome characters and all manner of unsavory behavior enhance the puzzling plot. Lloyd is sure to win new fans. Agent: Deirdre Knight, Knight Agency.
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A sleuthing couple in Regency England strives to solve a murder case that strains their relationship. Lucy, Lady Kurland, and her magistrate husband, Robert, are entertaining guests for the christening of their daughter when the happy event is marred by a family murder. Robert's aunt Rose is married to Lucy's father, the rector of Kurland St. Mary. The rector's brother, the Earl of Harrington, and his wife and son are in attendance, but not their daughter, who has mysteriously broken off her engagement. Two unexpected additions are Henrietta, Rose's selfish daughter from her first marriage, and Lord Northam, her obnoxious husband, who are furious because Rose's recently announced pregnancy endangers their inheritance. When Northam is found stabbed with a paper knife in the rector's study, Robert, who must investigate, is appalled to think that his chief suspect is his father-in-law. Well aware that Northam was involved in a number of nefarious schemes, the couple seeks to identify others with cause to kill him. These unfortunately include the Earl and his son, who owed gambling debts to Northam. Thinks look even worse for the rector when Robert learns that he lost a great deal of money in a crooked scheme Northam was involved in. Henrietta's continued claims that the rector is guilty make things awkward for everyone, but as Lucy and Robert continue to hunt for clues, they fear she may be right. Complex characters and a shoal of red herrings add up to a delightful period read.COPYRIGHT(2020) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Lucy and Robert's joy in christening their new daughter, surrounded by extended family and loved ones who have gathered in the village of Kurland St. Mary, is only enhanced when Robert's aunt Rose—now the second wife of Lucy's father Ambrose—announces that she is with child. However, not everyone is happy about the news, in particular Rose's adult daughter Henrietta and her husband, who fear for their inheritance.
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