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#1 of the Lady Monfort mystery series details both Edwardian upstairs and downstairs daily life in a country manor.Lady M has been busy planning her annual summer costume ball for months with impeccable detail, only to have the murder of her cruel,bullying,conniving, narcissistic nephew interfere with her plans.Her son is one of the suspects,so she partners with her Housekeeper to solve the case.A runaway maid & the modern granddaughter of a 🔽

I started reading Coffin Road by Peter May (on my original list)but bailed- too much of an eerie scary thriller for my night reading. Began the tagged library book instead last night. #20in4 #readathon

A morning of breakfast ( finished) on the porch. Now relaxing with coffee & a book, surrounded by birdsong. #porchlife #coffeeandbooks #midsummersolace #litsolace #naturalitsy

I am posting a book every day from my TBR collection. 📚

Day 89

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Probably 3⭐️. The last third of the book saved it. Early on, I had trouble sorting out characters, and subplots threatened to overwhelm the story line. But it finally became suspenseful. Since it takes place at an English country estate and gardens are part of the story, a picture from a garden we visited during last summer‘s trip to England.

Our newspaper is late this morning, which is a perfect excuse to get an early start on today‘s installment of #LitsyPartyofOne.

So we had a FaceTime call from @Ambrosnazzy while we were eating dinner. She is definitely feeling better after her procedure this morning, and happy to be able to host #litsypartyofone. During our call, I lost part of a tooth/filling, so it‘s not a great evening. But dinner-salmon with dill sauce and steamed squash-was wonderful b

When you‘re settled into your favorite reading chair in your pjs, ready to get into #litsypartyof one and your Kindle Fire won‘t open your library so you can get to your book😡

My Kindle and I are in the waiting room while hubby has a physical therapy appointment. It‘s a relatively quiet office, so I‘ve got a solid hour of reading time, which has been at a premium recently. Bonus, we‘re going out for lunch when he finishes 😊

Next up for me is an historical mystery that works for my #MountTBRchallenge. I‘ve read another of the Lady Montfort mysteries and it was fun, so I‘m looking forward to this one.

A polite and proper take on cozies. Channeling Gosford Park and Downton Abbey this took me a while to get into because it is a very slow build which in a book, at least for me, can be difficult. The lady of the house and her steadfast housekeeper take to sleuthing when the dishonorable gentleman in question gets himself hanged during a country house party. Secrets come out, scandals are averted, and it's all resolved with the utmost of manners.