Only Murders in the Abbey: An absolutely gripping and witty Golden Age cozy murder mystery
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Only Murders in the Abbey: An absolutely gripping and witty Golden Age cozy murder mystery
By (Author) Beth Cowan-Erskine
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder Paperback
27th May 2025
13th February 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Crime and mystery: women sleuths
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Historical crime and mysteries
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
448
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 32mm
310g
Description
'Mrs MacBain, thank god it's you.' Without another word, he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the room, locking the door behind them. Mrs MacBain turned around, clearly offended at being manhandled, but then gasped, 'Is that blood'
Loch Down Abbey is full of guests for a Highland Ball. Including several uninvited members of the Inverkillen clan, the Abbey's former residents. Housekeeper Mrs MacBain thinks her biggest challenge will be finding suitable rooms for everyone and keeping the peace at cocktail hour. Until the morning after the ball, when one of the guests is discovered inside the Abbey's library - as dead as a doornail. Who would have had motive to want them dead And how did they manage to commit their crime and escape while keeping the door locked from the inside With an Abbey full of suspects and secrets, it is down to Mrs MacBain to catch the killer before they strike again...Author Bio
Beth Cowan-Erskine wrote her first novel, Loch Down Abbey, during the pandemic, mostly because she had nothing better to do. There is only so much sourdough one can bake. Her second novel came about when her husband, sensing literary fame and an early retirement, moved her to the most depressing place in England so she could turn it into a series. Happily for him, Lady Georgina kept waking her up with plotline notes, and thus we have another book. Enjoy. The author now lives in the Scottish Highlands and there is no telling what will happen next.
