{"product_id":"the-manor-house-murder-an-addictive-crime-mystery-full-of-twists-monica-noble-detective","title":"The Manor House Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeet Monica Noble: the vicar’s wife with a taste for solving crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note this book was first published as “AN UNHOLY SHAME” under Faith Martin’s pen name JOYCE CATO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE WEEKEND TURN MURDEROUS\u003cbr\u003eMonica Noble and her husband Graham, the local vicar, are invited to participate in a high-flying church conference being held at a swanky manor house hotel in their village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the Saturday night dinner, the ambitious female cleric Celia Gordon tragically dies, seemingly of a peanut allergy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when Chief Superintendent Jason Dury arrives on the scene he quickly discovers that it's a case of murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Monica's husband is the prime suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther suspects include an eminent bishop, an archdeacon viciously opposed to female clergy, and his wife, the curator of a local museum, who is definitely up to something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut if Monica is to find out who killed Celia, and free her husband from suspicion, she must grapple with a very ruthless — and increasingly desperate — killer, putting herself and those around her in mortal danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the third of a series of enjoyable murder mysteries with great characters and baffling crimes which will keep you gripped till the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, TE Kinsey, and J.R. Ellis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMONICA NOBLE was widowed young, leaving her to raise her feisty daughter on her own. That is, until she met and fell in love with Graham Noble, a country vicar (pastor), who enticed her to leave her high-flying job in advertising in the city and move to the Cotswold countryside. There she found bucolic life very pleasant indeed — until murder started to rear its ugly head. And she discovered, to everyone's surprise, that she had a flair for solving the most unholy of crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faith Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51410978439337,"sku":"9781789312539","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781789312539.jpg?v=1792293343","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-manor-house-murder-an-addictive-crime-mystery-full-of-twists-monica-noble-detective","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}