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Murder in an English Glade
Murder in an English Glade | Jessica Ellicott
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American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and reserved Brit Edwina Davenport may seem an unlikely pair, but they have reinvented themselves in the lean years following World War I as private enquiry agents. Now theyve been engaged to stage a faux investigationuntil murder makes it all too real . . . When a member of the Walmsley Parva upper crust, Constance Maitland, seeks to hire Beryl and Edwina for a sham investigation into an alleged dalliance by her sister-in-law Ursula to quell potentially scandalous accusations by an unstable cousin, it is with mixed feelings that they agree to pose as guests at her home, Maitland Park. Edwina is uncomfortable with the ruse, but Beryl is eager to escape tension with their feisty housekeeper and hobnob with bohemians as the Maitland family hosts an artists colony. But when the painter suspected of having an affair with Ursula is found strangled beside his easel in a glade, the pretense turns into a genuine murder enquiry. With Maitland Park overrun by artists, every guestnot to mention family memberis now a suspect. Beryl and Edwina must determine if they are dealing with a crime of passion or if there are more complex motives in play, which may include the family cigarette business, cutthroat artistic competition, or secrets from the war years. In any case, the intrepid sleuths will not leave until they have smoked out the real killer. . . .
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MariaW
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Finally a title that doesn‘t give away too much, like the last two ones did. And this time Beryl and Edwina have to solve a murder that happened in the outskirts of Walmsley Parva, so it cannot be counted into the death toll of the „contemplative“ village life, right? I especially liked to see Charles becoming more self-confident.

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MariaW
Murder in an English Glade | Jessica Ellicott
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This series got me really hooked. The first six ones are currently included in the Audible subscription. And i just ordered the last two ones. If I am able to go on with the same pace, I will have completed the series at the end of next week.

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JenlovesJT47
Murder in an English Glade | Jessica Ellicott
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I‘m somehow already caught up with the series! I didn‘t enjoy this one quite as much because they were away from their house and the usual setting, but it was still fun. 3.5⭐️

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#historicalfiction
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