A Quiet Life In The Country
Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her...
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Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life.
But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation...
As Lady Hardcastle and Flo delve deeper into rural rivalries and resentment, they uncover a web of intrigue that extends far beyond the village. With almost no one free from suspicion, they can be certain of only one fact: there is no such thing as a quiet life in the country.
Revised edition: This edition of A Quiet Life In The Country includes editorial revisions.
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Format: audiobook
ASIN: B01LDRQB3I
Publish date: 2016-10-04
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Minutes: 463
Edition language: English
Series: Lady Hardcastle Mysteries (#1)
My wife had already read 'A Quiet Life In The Country' by T E Kinsey and immediately moved on to 'In The Market For Murder', the second Lady Hardcastle book, so I knew I was in for a good time with this period-piece cosy mystery. Set in 1908, the book centres around the unique relationship between...
Emily, Lady Hardcastle, and her lady's maid, Flo have just arrived at their new house in the country. We find out straight away that Emily has promised Flo a quiet life in the country and that the two have faced some intrigue in their pasts. We also learn that their relationship is rather unconventi...
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