Lady Takes the Case, Eliza Casey
Lady Takes the Case, Eliza Casey
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Lady Takes the Case

Author: Eliza Casey

Narrator: Susan Lyons

Unabridged: 8 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/26/2019


Synopsis

When a dinner party turns deadly, the feisty Lady Cecilia Bates and intuitive cat Jack are on the case, in this first entry to an exciting new historical-mystery series. England 1912. Danby Hall is the only home Lady Cecilia Bates has ever known. Despite the rigid rules of etiquette and her mother the Countess of Avebury's fervent desire to see her married off, Lady Cecilia can't imagine life anywhere else. But now, with an agricultural depression sweeping the countryside, the Bates family's possession of the hall is suddenly in peril. A possible solution arrives in the form of the imperious American heiress Annabel Clarke. The Earl and Countess of Avebury are determined that Cecilia's brother, Patrick, will win Annabel's hand in marriage-and her fortune along with it. To help the lackluster Patrick in this pursuit, the Bates and their staff arrange a grand house party upon the heiress's arrival. When a guest dies after sipping from a glass meant for Annabel, it's clear the Bates have a more poisonous problem on their hands than a lack of chemistry. As the scandal seizes Danby, Cecilia sets out to find the culprit, with help from Annabel's maid, Jane, and Jane's curiously intelligent cat, Jack. After the poison that someone had stashed away inside the manor is discovered, Cecilia is left with two possibilities: Either a resident of Danby snapped and tried to kill the arrogant heiress, or the threat is coming from one of their guests, who would love to see the Bates family's decline become permanent.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nursebookie on January 11, 2020

"LADY TAKES THE CASE" BY Eliza Casey I love a great Historical Mystery story sub genre and this debut novel of the Manor Cat Mystery Series is an amazing beginning to series I will be looking forward to. The setting is in the Danby Hall in 1912 and Eliza Casey writes a wonderful cast of characters th......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on February 13, 2020

2.5 stars, maybe a bit more... OK but not that good. Lord and Lady Avebury need to marry their son Patrick to an heiress to save Danby Hall from their encroaching neighbors who wish to buy it. Lady Avebury has her sights set on Annabel Clarke of San Francisco and is hosting a lavish house party to we......more

Goodreads review by The Lit Bitch on November 30, 2019

As soon as this book appeared on my desk I was eager to read it. I thought the cover was pretty and I love lady detective novels so basically this book was a must read for me. I was looking for something light and just fun since I had come off reading a few heaver read, it sounded perfect. This book b......more