Murder at Honeychurch Hall

Product Description If the stones of the house could talk. When Kat Stanford abandons a successful television career to help her mother Iris move into a rustic carriage house in Devon, she quickly discovers that behind the well-trimmed hedgerows, Honeychurch Hall is populated by more eccentrics than Kat had ever met in all her time in London. The Dowager Countess, Lord and Lady Honeychurch, their precocious seven-year-old heir, his missing nanny, a brooding stable manager, a housekeeper with an extensive designer shoe collection. Everyone seems to harbour a secret -- and Kat's mother may be hiding the darkest of them all. Review The perfect classic English village mystery but with the addition of charm, wit and a thoroughly modern touch. (Rhys Bowen) Downton Abbey was yesterday, Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today's grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory. (Catriona McPherson) A fun read (Carola Dunn) Sparkles like a glass of Devon cider on a summer afternoon. (Elizabeth Duncan) --Elizabeth Duncan Downton Abbey was yesterday, Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today's grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory. --Catriona McPherson Sparkles like a glass of Devon cider on a summer afternoon. --Elizabeth Duncan Book Description 'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M C Beaton From the Back Cover If the stones of the house could talk . . . When Kat Stanford abandons a successful television career to help her mother, Iris, move into a rustic carriage house in Devon she quickly discovers that, behind the well-trimmed hedgerows, Honeychurch Hall is populated by more eccentrics than Kat ever met in all her time in London. The Dowager Countess, Lord and Lady Honeychurch, their precocious seven-year-old heir, his missing nanny, a brooding stable manager, a housekeeper with an extensive designer shoe collection . . . Everyone seems to harbour a secret – and Kat’s mother may be hiding the darkest of them all . . . Praise for Hannah Dennison ‘The perfect classic English village mystery but with the addition of charm, wit and a thoroughly modern touch.’ Rhys Bowen ‘Downton Abbey was yesterday, Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today’s grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory.’ Catriona McPherson ‘A fun read.’ Carola Dunn ‘Sparkles like a glass of Devon cider on a summer afternoon.’ Elizabeth Duncan About the Author Hannah was born and raised in Hampshire but on leaving school landed a job as an obituary writer/amateur dramatic reviewer for a Devon newspaper. The urge to travel was too strong, however, and she became an air stewardess, first with British Caledonian and then on private planes. Many adventures later she ended up in Los Angeles, where she met her future husband - but now they've moved to more rainy Oregon, which reminds her of home.