Murder in the Manor (A Lacey Doyle Cozy Mystery—Book 1)

Fiona Grace

Oct 2019 · A Lacey Doyle Cozy Mystery Book 1 · Fiona Grace

About this ebook

"Very entertaining. I highly recommend this book to the permanent library of any reader that appreciates a very well written mystery, with some twists and an intelligent plot. You will not be disappointed. Excellent way to spend a cold weekend!"

--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Murder in the Manor)

MURDER IN THE MANOR (A LACEY DOYLE COZY MYSTERY—BOOK 1) is the debut novel in a charming new cozy mystery series by Fiona Grace.

Lacey Doyle, 39 years old and freshly divorced, needs a drastic change. She needs to quit her job, leave her horrendous boss and New York City, and walk away from the fast life. Making good on her childhood promise to herself, she decides to walk away from it all, and to relive a beloved childhood vacation in the quaint English seaside town of Wilfordshire.

Wilfordshire is exactly as Lacey remembers it, with its ageless architecture, cobblestone streets, and with nature at its doorstep. Lacey doesn’t want to go back home—and spontaneously, she decides to stay, and to give her childhood dream a try: she will open her own antique shop.

Lacey finally feels that her life is taking a step in the right direction—until her new star customer turns up dead.

As the newcomer in town, all eyes are on Lacey, and it’s up to her to clear her own name.

With a business to run, a next-door neighbor turned nemesis, a flirty baker across the street, and a crime to solve – is this new life all that Lacey thought it would be?

Books #2-#9 are also available!

Ratings and reviews

A nice cosy read that I definitely enjoyed. Enough interesting, relatable, well developed main characters to keep me attached to the gradual storyline development. For mine, more development at an earlier stage of the backgrounds and characters of the final suspects would have made the eventual solving process more satisfying. This shortfall, for me, left the ending a little bit matter of factish'. Still worth the read though.

Lacey felt an overwhelming sense of ending after receiving her divorce papers, an especial insult in the spousal support clause that her husband demanded two years support from her as the higher earning spouse. An impulse takes her back to a village where she had a final holiday with her mom and father. England is a chance for a new start, with a new business. Some tangled messes with her neighbors might shake her, but she and her doggy companion could well be on their way to a new and different life than they left behind. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout. I bought this book on Google

I very much enjoyed the irony that I found at every turn of this novel. Me too Lacey Doyle, me too. Divorced and she doesn't know what to do. I didn't have the means to run back to Europe where I had idyllic family vacations. Thus, I am a little jealous of Lacey. but that soon fades as she is the prime suspect when a member of the community is killed. And this isnt the first crime in a short amount of time. With the whole town as suspects, why is everyone looking at the American. Beautiful setting, fun characters, great dog (which i hope is the dog in book #2). And don't forget about the hot Baker across the street. Oh, lala

About the author

Debut author Fiona Grace is author of the ELLA ROSE COZY MYSTERY series which includes MURDER IN THE MANOR (Book #1), DEATH AND A DOG (Book #2) and CRIME IN THE CAFE (Book #3). Fiona would love to hear from you, so please visit www.fionagraceauthor.com to receive free ebooks, hear the latest news, and stay in touch.