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Set among the landed gentry of postWWI England and perfect for fans of Downton Abbey Alyssa Maxwells latest historical mystery finds sleuthing duo Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her ladys maid Eva Huntford hunting a killer after the decision to open Foxwood Hall for guided tours turns deadly
To make ends meet Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her ladys maid Eva Huntford have decided to open up Foxwood Hall to guided public tours Not everyone is pleased about iteven to the point of committing murder
The lean times following the Great War continue to require creative solutions for Englands noble class But Lady Phoebes proposal to open up the Renshaw estate to guided tours for additional income strikes many in the family as a vulgar enterprise Phoebes grandfather the Earl of Wroxly however reluctantly concedes the necessity
Their first tour group consists of members of the Historical Society a magazine writer and a flock of students Its a large group for Phoebe her sister Amelia and Eva to manage and when the widow Arvina Bell goes missing Eva goes in search of heronly to find her in the library strangled with a silken drapery cord
The schoolchildren are promptly sent home but the members of the Historical Societymany of whom also wandered off at timesremain for interrogation There is also curiously a framed photo missing from the library As the police hastily zero in on a suspect Phoebe and Eva weigh the clues Does the crime have to do with rumors of hidden treasure at Foxwood Hall But they must make haste to solve the widows murderbefore someone else becomes history
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