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The Mystery of West Ridding
(2024)(The first book in the Robert Ashford: A Duke Investigates series)
A Novella by Christian Huyeng
Oxfordshire, 1955
A week of vacation with tea and scones in rural idyll – that's how Robert had envisioned his stay in West Ridding. Unfortunately, it doesn't turn out that way: the mysterious and attractive Mr. Leigh is found dead in the woods. Suicide – at least that's what Chief Inspector Mosley believes. The fate of the young man haunts Robert, and he starts his own investigation, much to the displeasure of Scotland Yard. But then, the wealthy heiress Elizabeth Crawford also dies, seemingly from the effects of food poisoning...
+++A previous edition of the book has been published as 'The Curse of Crawford Hall'
A week of vacation with tea and scones in rural idyll – that's how Robert had envisioned his stay in West Ridding. Unfortunately, it doesn't turn out that way: the mysterious and attractive Mr. Leigh is found dead in the woods. Suicide – at least that's what Chief Inspector Mosley believes. The fate of the young man haunts Robert, and he starts his own investigation, much to the displeasure of Scotland Yard. But then, the wealthy heiress Elizabeth Crawford also dies, seemingly from the effects of food poisoning...
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A previous edition of the book has been published as 'The Curse of Crawford Hall'
Genre: Mystery
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