Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Historical / 20th Century / Mystery & Detective
At a turn-of-the-century manor, celebrations for twin brothers’ marital engagements take a turn when one is poisoned, and everyone becomes a suspect. KNIVES OUT meets BRIDGERTON in this cozy, action-packed historical mystery told from multiple POVs.
The people of Asquith manor collect secrets like cobwebs, tucking them beside old wounds that linger in every corner of the house.
There have always been whispers that twin brothers Easton and Wes are both in love with their childhood best friend Eloise. But headstrong Eloise prefers the younger brother, Wes – prompting Easton into a cunning and bitter competition over the girl who may never love him back. But when Wes suddenly proposes to an heiress, a heartbroken Eloise finds herself engaged to Easton, the twin she cannot stand.
Then, during a week of feasting and hunting to kick off celebrations for the two engagements, Wes is poisoned. Murmurs of nightshade slip through the manor, and everyone seems to have a motive.
Was it Della Drewitt—the shrewd heiress reluctant to marry Wes? Or did Easton decide killing his brother was the only way to secure Eloise’s affections? Or was it the housemaid Violet, Wes’ previous lover, who feels spurned by him marrying another?
As guests turn into suspects, attempts to kill Wes become more relentless than the storms churning the Asquith estate—and the brothers aren’t the only ones hiding secrets within the manor’s walls.
A deliciously dark and atmospheric mystery with a tricky love triangle to boot, this book will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page.