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🔎 The Plot

After months abroad, former maid Lottie Sprigg returns to Fortescue Manor in the rolling hills of Shropshire—just in time for a “peace-making” family dinner. The champagne’s barely poured when a body is discovered in the library, and the truce shatters.

With suspicions ricocheting above and below stairs, a harried local inspector, and a tangle of old grudges, Lottie can’t help herself: along with her four-legged sidekick Rosie, she starts sleuthing through guest lists, servants’ schedules, and gossip that’s been simmering for years. In the flicker of gas lamps and the hush of manor corridors, tiny domestic details turn into clues—and the polite version of events falls apart.

🧨 The Hook

A classic country-house murder with a 1920s sparkle: feuding relatives, impeccable manners, and a library where every alibi has a loose page.

3 Reasons To Add This To Your TBR

1. Upstairs/Downstairs Intrigue: Motives on both sides of the baize door—inheritance, secrets, and servants who see everything.
2. Fair-Play Puzzle: Timetables, invitations, keys, and the smallest household routines line up to a crisp, satisfying reveal.
3. Series Liftoff: Meet Lottie and Rosie at the start—solve the manor case, then follow them into more 1920s capers.

For readers who crave elegant cozies with sharp clueing and vintage charm, Murder in the Library is a delightful first course.

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