A Murder in Ashwood: Scandals and Secrets in the Gilded Age

From the acclaimed author of The Unsealing, the highly anticipated second novel of The Avenging Angel Detective Agency(TM) Mysteries - named BookLife Reviews Editor's Pick. New Year's Day 1902 . . . Ashwood awakens to a foul murder . . . Buffalo, New York . . . as the remains of the great Pan-American Exposition are swept away, and the bitter memories of William McKinley's assassination at last dwindle . . . the city reels again after the sensational murder of successful businessman Edward Miller, bludgeoned to death in his cozy den, in one of the city's most fashionable enclaves: Ashwood. But for all its glamor, Ashwood guards the dark secrets of many of its up-and-coming young residents . . . including those of Edward's estranged wife Alicia, her lover Arthur Pendle, and would-be detective Sarah Payne. Soon, they will all face a hurricane of courtroom drama, public outrage, and the behind-the-scenes scheming of cold and corrupt District Attorney Terence Penrose. Meanwhile, those caught up in the most scandalous crime of a new century have reputations to protect . . . skeletons best kept hidden away in the tidy closets of trendy Ashwood . . . and plenty of reasons to prevent the truth behind Edward Miller's murder from ever seeing the light of day-the truth that only Edward Miller, it seems, knew . . . Can justice be done . . . and the truth uncovered by Sarah's fledgling Avenging Angel Detective Agency . . . before a killer strikes again? Find out in A Murder in Ashwood . . . an Avenging Angel Detective Agency(TM) Mystery by Robert Brighton.