Death in the Grand Manor: A Tessa Crichton Mystery

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I really enjoyed this first of the Tessa Crichton mysteries, reissued by Dean Street Press, always to be depended on for coming up with some good rediscoveries. The mystery is negligible, but there's a lot of pleasure to be had from the breezy voice of the narrator. This made me smile on almost every page, especially her banter with friends and relations including an attractive police inspector who I gather will become her husband in the next book – seemingly unfazed by his lady love's obstruction of justice and concealing of information in the interest of her loved ones. I wonder how this will work out in future books, so I definitely look forward to more from Tessa and Co.