A Lesson in Murder

A Totally Gripping Historical Cozy Mystery (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 7)

By: Verity Bright

Narrated by: Karen Cass

When Lady Swift is invited to her old school, she walks through familiar classrooms, finds her favorite books in the library...and surely, that’s not a body? Time for a lesson in murder!

Autumn, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift is invited to her old school, St Mary’s, as a guest speaker. Her favorite teacher, Mrs. Wadsworth, has asked that Eleanor talk about her intrepid travels around the globe - travelling the Silk Road by bicycle, crossing the Himalayas and even befriending the Maharaja of India. But in the circumstances, perhaps it would have been a good idea to talk about her career as a daring detective....

Because no sooner has Eleanor brushed up on her times tables than she is greeted by terrible news: Mrs. Wadsworth has been murdered. Eleanor is utterly devastated, but she owes it to her dearest teacher to find out who killed her and why. So, alongside Gladstone the bulldog, it’s best paw forward to track down a villain.

But when the art teacher is also found dead, Eleanor is sure someone is trying to do away with the people who taught her everything. As Eleanor delves into possible motives, she discovers a clue in the most unlikely place: her mother’s old school diary. Does the route to the murderer lie within a secret passageway her mother uncovered? Can Eleanor nail the culprit in time, or is the killer coming for her next?

A totally gripping and glamorous 1920s cozy! Fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey, and Rhys Bowen are in for a treat.

©2021 Verity Bright (P)2021 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Cute story, never guessed the killer

I love the characters in this series. Ellie is always so kind and bright, and her butler is always there to help or inform her. I wish I had him in my everyday life. I enjoy this series for a relaxing, uplifting read.

Excellent

Wow. I loved this one especially with Ellie feeling the connection with her mom. Plus the murder mystery and Hugh stepping in to lead the investigation.

Fabulous narrative as always!!

Gladstone

Love the book. Love them all, more Gladstone please and he needs a companion and pups.




I like the mysteries closer to home, community they live in

It’s a great surprise ending

I think this series by verity bright just keeps getting better and better. Looking forward to the next book.

Eleanor and Clifford are Great detectives

All these books are great reads and when I discovered they are on Audible it is even better!!!!

Exactly as you’d expect!

If you’ve read the others this is exactly as you’d expect. This narrator really is perfect for this lead character!

Charmed

I’m really sad that this is coming to an end. But I love the background of each storyline. I also love the historical Nate’s at the end. Or the recipe at the end of book 3 I think I will try making that fudge.

Heartfelt

The best part was Elly being able to connect with the spirit of her mother
at the school they both attended.

A Lesson in Cozy Mystery

This is my very favorite in this delightful series. May Eleanor, Hugh, and Clifford live forever and not age! Written with intelligence, wit, and warmth, that does not stray into sentimentality, this novel is one of the finest examples of cozy mysteries I have found. Bright’s characters live and move in a world that draws you in without trying to impress the reader with an over abundance of historical detail or authorial attempts to hit all the cozy buttons. What you learn comes naturally without self-conscious effort on the author’s part. This setting in a British girl’s school is shows Lady Swift and Clifford and Hugh at their best. Eleanor’s self-talk as always is a delight. I will not say more for fear of spoiling a delightful read.

Excellent installment

An entertaining installment in Lady Eleanor's life. The authors handled her interactions with the young girls very well. More information about her mother was sensitively devised. The development with the Inspector was handled deftly.