Murder In Middlewych

MURDER IN MIDDLEWYCH is Book #5 in Marilyn Clay's Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series. A carriage accident on the way to London dictates that Miss Abbott, her maid, Tilda, and Juliette's gentleman friend, Mr. Sheridan, who has gallantly offered to escort the ladies to Town are forced to stay the night at an inn in the Cotswold village of Middlewych. Tilda objects since "Ever'one knows Middlewych is full of witches!" Sure enough, a Psychical Fair opens the next day in Middlewych, hosted by Mrs. Crumble of England's Society For The Study of Spectral Sightings & Ghostly Apparitions. When Mr. Sheridan makes the grim discovery of a village lass dead upon the grounds, the authorities rush to judgment and charge the handsome stranger with the crime! The tables have now turned, and while their carriage is being repaired, it is up to Miss Abbott to find a way to save Mr. Sheridan from the gallows!

"Marilyn Clay has produced another winner!  Rife with unexpected twists and turns, this paranormal murder mystery featuring ghosts, a frightening séance, evil curses and spectral apparitions is sure to please! Though this case gets more and more complicated, and everyone fears the killer may strike again, Juliette keeps her sense of humor and uses her perceptive intelligence to sort out the true culprit." – 5-star Review.

All titles in the Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series are now in print, Large Print Paperback, ebook & audio. MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MURDER IN MARGATE, MURDER AT MEDLEY PARK, MURDER IN MIDDLEWYCH, MURDER IN MAIDSTONE, MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL, MURDER ON MARSH LANE, MURDER IN MARTINDALE, MURDER AT MARLEY CHASE, MURDER IN THE MERRYTON MEWS and coming in 2025, MURDER ON MARSDEN MOOR.

Other suspense thrillers by Marilyn Clay include: BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY Set in 1776 Philadelphia, Betsy Ross determines to uncover who is responsible for the death of her beloved husband John Ross, but can she bring down the ruthless double spy before he kills her, or her sisters? STALKING A KILLER, a contemporary murder mystery. Aspiring PI Amanda Mason's first case is a murder charge against her own father! But, can she trust the handsome man who has agreed to help her?

MARILYN CLAY's historical romantic suspense novels, praised by The Library Journal and Booklist include: DECEPTIONS: A Colonial Jamestown Novel, originally published in hardcover. Catherine travels to the New World in search of her betrothed, but what she finds in Jamestown is not what she expects! SECRETS AND LIES, published in hardcover; and paperback and ebook as A PETTICOAT AND LAMBSKIN GLOVES. The inspirational story of four young English girls who travel to the New World on a Bride Ship, all in search of love, a new life and the adventure of a lifetime. What they find instead is that someone in Jamestown wants one, or all of them, dead! BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY. Set in 1776 Philadelphia, Betsy Ross determines to uncover who killed her beloved husband John Ross, but can she bring down the ruthless double spy before he kills again?

Marilyn Clay is also the author of numerous Regency Romance novels, all originally published in print but now available online in ebook and audio.

Marilyn Clay's non-fiction titles have all become best sellers. 19th Century ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA; and three books on REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE. JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY ENGLAND is Marilyn Clay's newest non-fiction title, available in ebook, print and audio.