Murder at Bray Manor
2017 • 322 pages

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"Another deftly crafted mystery by the master of the genre..." Midwest Book Review "Clever and entertaining, you'll love this charming Golden Age mystery series. And the fashion is to die for " - Molly C. Quinn, actress, Castle A poltergeist guilty of murder? Ginger Gold receives a letter from her sister-in-law, Felicia, requesting Ginger come straightaway to her late husband's family home, Bray Manor. Dowager Lady Gold, Ginger's nervous grandmother through marriage, believes the old manor is haunted. Ginger doesn't believe in ghosts, but is haunted nevertheless by memories of her husband and the lure of his gravesite she just can't bring herself to visit. In order to keep Bray Manor afloat financially, Felicia and Ambrosia have opened the estate to the public for club meetings and special events. Knitters, stamp collectors and gardeners converge weekly--targets for the poltergeist that seems to find amusement in hiding small things from their owners. Bray Manor hosts a dance to raise money for maimed soldiers who struggle with peacetime after the Great War. Felicia invites her flapper friends and her new beau, Captain Smithwick, a man Ginger has met before and definitely doesn't like. When the dance ends with the discovery of a body, Ambrosia is certain the poltergeist is to blame, but Ginger is quite sure the murderer is made of flesh and blood.


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4 primary books

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Ginger Gold Mystery is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Lee Strauss.

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Murder at Hartigan House
#3
Murder at Bray Manor
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Murder on Eaton Square
#13
Murder at the Royal Albert Hall

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July 10, 2020

The third book in the series (also the third I have read), and so far my favourite.

The mystery had enough plausible suspects to keep me guessing until the end, and I simply adore the vivid description of life in Britain in the 1920s.

Looking forward to reading the next book in the series!

April 19, 2018