About This Book
Genre: Historical Mystery / Regency Mystery
Setting: Berkeley Square, London, Regency England
Mystery Elements: Closed-circle mystery, snowbound house party, multiple murders, nursery-rhyme clues, limited suspects
For readers who love: Agatha Christie-style mysteries, snowbound mansions, clever female sleuths, Regency society, sinister clues, locked-room atmosphere, and a house full of suspects with nowhere to run.
Next Up: Murder in St. James's Park
Murder in Berkeley Square (Book 3)
An unexpected blizzard strands Lady Worthing, Commander Henderson, and Miss Sewell at Lord Duncan's with his now-houseguests. Suddenly, an evening of fine dining, fine brandy, and insightful debate becomes an inescapable--and deadly--ordeal. The ultimate test for Abigail's skill. One of the dinner guests is found dead in front of the Berkley Square mansion. And when another guest is murdered, Abigail discovers each had received a taunting, prophetic nursery rhyme . . . coincidence, or clues left by a killer on the loose?
"Riley continues to dazzle readers with an inclusive, vibrantly fashioned historical setting while also gracefully tipping her literary cap to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (1940) in the form of a cleverly conceived, closed-circle-of-suspects plot and an inventive Regency-era rhyme standing in for the nursery rhyme Dame Agatha employed in her work." – Booklist
"Riley seamlessly interweaves edifying insights about the period’s racial dynamics…Top-shelf atmosphere."- Publishers Weekly
"Lovers of Agatha Christie will find this puzzle both disturbing and delightful." - Kirkus
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