Murder in the Manor
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3.9 • 57 Ratings
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Publisher Description
MURDER IN THE MANOR (A LACEY DOYLE COZY MYSTERY—BOOK 1) is the debut novel in a charming new cozy mystery series by Fiona Grace.
Lacey Doyle, 39 years old and freshly divorced, needs a drastic change. She needs to quit her job, leave her horrendous boss and New York City, and walk away from the fast life. Making good on her childhood promise to herself, she decides to walk away from it all, and to relive a beloved childhood vacation in the quaint English seaside town of Wilfordshire.
Wilfordshire is exactly as Lacey remembers it, with its ageless architecture, cobblestone streets, and with nature at its doorstep. Lacey doesn’t want to go back home—and spontaneously, she decides to stay, and to give her childhood dream a try: she will open her own antique shop.
Lacey finally feels that her life is taking a step in the right direction—until her new star customer turns up dead.
As the newcomer in town, all eyes are on Lacey, and it’s up to her to clear her own name.
With a business to run, a next-door neighbor turned nemesis, a flirty baker across the street, and a crime to solve – is this new life all that Lacey thought it would be?
Book #2 in the series—DEATH AND A DOG—is also available for preorder!
Customer Reviews
Good story, odd narrator
The story was charming and enjoyable but the narrator sounded like she was doing an imitation of Moira Rose’s accent. Very strange.
Story is fine, narrator is not
I think I would have enjoyed the story a lot more with a different narrator and better editing. I agree that she sounds like she’s imitating Moira Rose. The editing didn’t pick up on multiple repeated phrases. It impacted the enjoyment of the book severely.
Annoying
Had to stop listening after less than an hour, the narrators voice is sooooooo annoying.