THE MANOR HOUSE MURDER

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong>From multi-million-selling Faith Martin one of Britain's best-loved mystery writers. Discover a series of murder mysteries set in an idyllic English village.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>Meet Monica Noble: the vicar's wife with a taste for solving crimes.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>THE WEEKEND TURNS MURDEROUS.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Monica Noble and her husband Graham the local vicar are invited to take part in a high-flying church conference being held at a swanky manor house hotel in their village.</p><p><br></p><p>At the Saturday night dinner the ambitious female cleric Celia Gordon tragically dies seemingly of a peanut allergy.</p><p><br></p><p>But when Chief Superintendent Jason Dury arrives on the scene he quickly discovers that it's a case of murder.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>And Monica's husband is the prime suspect.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Other suspects include an eminent bishop an archdeacon viciously opposed to female clergy and his wife the curator of a local museum who is definitely up to something.</p><p><br></p><p>But if Monica is to find out who killed Celia and free her husband from suspicion she must grapple with a ruthless - and increasingly desperate - killer putting herself and those around her in mortal danger.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This is the third of a series of enjoyable murder mysteries with great characters and baffling crimes which will keep you gripped till the final page.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Please note this book was first published as </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>An Unholy Shame</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> under Faith Martin's pen name Joyce Cato.</span></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>Perfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie L.J. Ross Simon Brett Richard Osman and the Rev Richard Coles.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>MEET THE AMATEUR SLEUTH</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Monica Noble was widowed young leaving her to raise her feisty daughter on her own. That is until she met and fell in love with Graham Noble a country vicar (pastor) who enticed her to leave her high-flying job in advertising in the city and move to the Cotswold countryside. There she found bucolic life very pleasant indeed - until murder started to rear its ugly head. And she discovered to everyone's surprise that she had a flair for solving the most unholy of crimes.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong>READERS LOVE <em>THE MANOR HOUSE MURDER</em>:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>????? '<strong>Engaging from the start</strong> well plotted and perfectly paced.' Gail C.</p><p><br></p><p>????? 'I love these books . . . <strong>A truly wonderful series</strong>.' Misfits Farm</p><p><br></p><p>????? 'Faith has done it again and she has written <strong>one hell of a book</strong> which I thoroughly enjoyed!' Ginger Book Geek</p><p><br></p><p>????? 'This is <strong>one of the best mysteries</strong> I have read in some time.' Faith</p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>????? 'Great cast of characters and clues to <strong>keep you guessing right through to the twist at the end</strong>.' Marion</p>