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  • A Lesson in Murder

  • A Totally Gripping Historical Cozy Mystery (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 7)
  • By: Verity Bright
  • Narrated by: Karen Cass
  • Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (105 ratings)
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A Lesson in Murder

By: Verity Bright
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Summary

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.

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Another good read

Enjoyable and relaxing read with good characters and sympathetic reader. I look forward to Lady Swift's next mystery.

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Absolutely Brilliant Book

This is the next book I've listened to by this author in this series.
I absolutely loved it. Yet again the ending is brilliant. It keeps you guessing right to the end.
I would definitely recommend it.

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Fabulous

Great historical notes weaved in to a story that you won’t want to put down

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As always a delight

These 1920 cosy mysteries have become a real favourite of mine since their start. Very light hearted yet solidly grounded in history

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Brilliant

Love these stories.Excellent narration.Can't wait for the next one. Look forward to listening every night



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I love Verity Brights Books

first time I listened it took a while to get into but listen lots more great listen

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Love this series and this book was one of the best

The characters are endearing and the wirld would be a better place if we all had a Clifford by our side. Can't wait for the next book.

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wonderful series

I love the Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery series and have listened to every book at least three times!
Karen Cass is an excellent narrator and brings the characters to life.
The stories are enjoyable, intriguing and heart warming.
I would thoroughly recommend these books.

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Easy listening

If you like harrowing, violent, terrifying, tense thrillers - this is not for you! The Lady Swift mysteries are gentle, warm and easy to listen to. Lovely relationships between her and Butler Clifford and also the gorgeous Inspector. Enough intrigue to keep you interested and a budding suspicion of romance?
Ideal to drift off to sleep with or complete a pile of ironing . Can't wait for the next one.....

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A Lesson in Murder

This is another lovely Lady Swift mystery, great cliff hanger, lots of emotions. Karen Cass takes on the character's and brings to story alive love her as Lady Swift.

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