By: Clara McKenna
(Subtitled "A Stella and Lyndy Mystery Book 1)
Libby audiobook 8 hours
Read by: Sarah Zimmerman
Published: 2019
Genre: Murder mystery, romance, historical fiction
I grabbed this audiobook because it was listed as a mystery and it was available. It's more romance than mystery, in my opinion, but it was enjoyable. Stella finds out that she is to be married to a stranger on a trip to England with her father in 1905. The Earl of Atherly is in financial straits and Stella's father is a wealthy horse breeder. Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst is more interested in the thoroughbreds that Mr. Kendrick has brought from Kentucky than he is (initially) in his bride-to-be.
The vicar is murdered at Morrington Hall and the wedding is on hold until the mystery can be solved. Alice (Lyndy's sister), Miss Westwood, her fiance', her parents, the Atherlys, and many servants both indoors and at the stables make up the possible suspects.
Stella must overcome everyone's bias against Americans. Her dad's rudeness doesn't help! Mr. Kendrick is the worst. This is the first in a series which I may read more or I might not.
According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of "agister" is: " an officer of the royal forests in England who has the care of livestock." I was guessing it was some sort of horse wrangler when the word was used in the book. I love words!
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