Murder in Highbury - Vanessa Kelly

An Emma Knightley Mystery, Book 1

By: Vanessa Kelly

Narrated by: Polly Lee

Series: Emma Knightley Mysteries, Book 1

Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins

Release date: 10-22-24

Historical mystery/crime

I can¨t say too much here. It is a Emma variation story. She and Knigthley are happily married and life is good. Until Emma comes across a murdered Mrs Elton in the church.

This is a crime/detective story. Emma being the investigator behind the scenes. There is a cop, a coroner and Mr Knightley as the magistrate doing their job. Trying to solve this murder, but it is not going so well.

Someone local will be blamed. Someone well known. And All while Emma is trying to put the pieces together. Who wanted Mrs Elton dead? (I mean she was not the kindest of people.) A thief? Someone she knew?

Pieces are coming together and then not. So many things comes to light.

Quite the mystery. Things are not always as they seem,

Good narration. I could see the people and their voices, she did well.

Less than one year into her marriage to respected magistrate George Knightley, Emma has grown unusually content in her newfound partnership and refreshed sense of independence. The height of summer sees the former Miss Woodhouse gracefully balancing the meticulous management of her elegant family estate and a flurry of social engagements, with few worries apart from her beloved father’s health . . .    But cheery circumstances change in an instant when Emma and Harriet Martin, now the wife of one of Mr. Knightley’s tenant farmers, discover a hideous shock at the local church. The corpse of Mrs. Augusta Elton, the vicar’s wife, has been discarded on the altar steps—the ornate necklace she often wore stripped from her neck . . .    As a chilling murder mystery blooms and chaos descends upon the tranquil village of Highbury, the question isn’t simply who committed the crime, but who wasn’t secretly wishing for the unpleasant woman’s demise. When suspicions suddenly fall on a harmless local, Emma—armed with wit, unwavering determination, and extensive social connections—realizes she must discreetly navigate an investigation of her own to protect the innocent and expose the ruthless culprit hiding in plain sight.