The Altered Suggestion: A Moriston House Mystery

By Jennifer A. Girardin

Crime is always in bloom in the cozy British village of Halfereton, as the gardening criminologists of England dig up a flowery mystery when a string of poisoned pen letters suggest there will be a murder at the annual Moriston House garden party. Their crime-solving host, dashing Lord Hugo Anstead, is hoping that the rain will dampen the guests' enthusiasm...and the crime. But it will take more than rain to dampen the spirit of the Mystery Society, who isn't the least discouraged when the murder doesn't happen...or so they think. When the notoriously shy George Durham finds the body of his research assistant, Robert Moreland on the terrace, events become complicated when a suspicious check is found in the dead man's pocket, linking him to the crime. A liberal sprinkling of blackmail, false clues, and questionable identities lead to suggestions of the dead man's role in crime...and George Durham's reason for concealing it. Local journalist and connoisseur of crime Marjorie-Branell-Markson gladly toasts the latest village mystery, and finds an abundance of resourceful suspects, including the dead man's wandering wife, Chloe Moreland, his shadowy sister, Nicola, her stale colleague, Neil Holden, and clever Lord Hugo, who definitely knows more than he lets on. Soon another body joins the party and a string of priceless pearls disappears, as the Mystery Society finds a connection between an old crime and a new murder while matching wits against a meticulous criminal who left nothing to chance...and everything to suggestion. Clues abound in the form of a vintage silver cufflink left at the scene of the crime, while a fortune in questionable cash and bountiful blackmail offer renewed suspicions as to George Durham's speculative guilt. And when the dead man's saintly sister, the respectable Caroline Weldon is attacked on the terrace without rhyme or reason, Lord Hugo must alter more than his perspective to solve the crime. Join us for The Altered Suggestion...where crime is always in bloom!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502389657
• ISBN13: 9781502389657
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"