Death at the Manor

Lily Adler, a widow in Regency England, leaves London society behind for a calm autumn in Hampshire. She is staying with her friends the Carroways at Belleford Manor, and she has the company of Matthew Spencer, a charming new acquaintance, to look forward to.

The house comes with a legend. A lady in grey is said to walk its halls at night, weeping and wailing.

The legend turns serious when the family's matriarch is found smothered in her bed. Her door was locked from the inside. The grieving family blames the manor's ghost, but Lily suspects a living person with a very human motive.

This is the third book in the Lily Adler Mystery series. It is a traditional locked-room puzzle with an amateur sleuth at its centre and a period setting rendered in detail. Lily has to find the culprit before a second victim dies, and she may be on the killer's list herself.