Fatality with Forster - (Crime with the Classics) by Katherine Bolger Hyde (Hardcover)

About the Book

Retired professor Emily Cavanaugh and her husband, Luke, are spending their honeymoon 5000 miles away as paying guests at Fizhugh Manor in Oxfordshire. But after meeting the manor's dashing young heir, Emily finds herself in the middle of a family drama redolent of Forster's classic novels. Can she pull off her own masterstroke to catch a killer?

Book Synopsis

Emily Cavanaugh walks into a family drama that recalls Forster's classic work while honeymooning at an English country house in the gripping fifth Crime with the Classics cozy.

Retired professor Emily Cavanaugh and her husband, Luke, are taking a much-needed break from Windy Corner and spending their honeymoon five thousand miles away as paying guests at Fizhugh Manor in Oxfordshire.

Quaint nearby villages and the manor's impressive turrets and arches capture Emily's Anglophile heart, but when she meets its dashing young heir, James Fitzhugh and his American wife, Allison, James's cousin Penelope, his dithering uncle Roger and the manor's formidable dowager, Lady Margaret Fitzhugh, it's clear that class prejudice, resentment and secrets threaten to tear the family apart. Is there more to a fatal accident than meets the eye?

Emily soon finds herself in the middle of a family drama redolent of Forster's classic novels, but can she pull off her own masterstroke to catch a killer?

Review Quotes

This engaging British cozy "with a twist" features likable characters, appealing descriptions of England, a meaty mystery, and a satisfying conclusion - Booklist

Literary references galore and plenty of chilling English manor house atmosphere ... Hyde knows how to hook the reader - Publishers Weekly

An intelligent traditional mystery that stars an endearing woman of a certain age who draws on her knowledge of literature to solve crimes-- "Library Journal on Arsenic with Austen"

Another winning cozy, with love finally prevailing-- "Booklist on Cyanide with Christie"

Effectively blends romance and mystery, delivering a suitably satisfactory ending to a winning campus cozy-- "Booklist on Death with Dostoevsky"

Lively ... Campus hijinks and budding romances complement the satisfying fair-play plot-- "Publishers Weekly on Death with Dostoevsky"

Those who appreciate literary allusions and quaint settings might enjoy a visit to Stony Beach-- "Publishers Weekly on Bloodstains with Bronte"

About the Author

Katherine Bolger Hyde has lived her life surrounded by books, from teaching herself to read at the age of four to majoring in Russian literature to making her career as an editor. She lives in California with her husband and is the author of four previous Crime with the Classics mysteries.