Death at Darrington Manor. (Abigail Dixon series #2)

 Death at Darrington Manor. (Abigail Dixon series #2)

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       June 29, 2024

 

Author  Nancy Warren

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ISBN:                 9781805081128
Publisher:         Storm Publishing
Release Date:   June 2024  

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Abigail Dixon is not your ordinary 1925’s female; she is a member of the new breed of young women who are looking for more than just marriage. They want a career, more independence. She has studied as a Journalist achieving a place of work in Paris, where she has discovered that female emancipation has not moved as far as the Newsroom at the Paris office of the Chicago International Post.

She wants a real story to cover, not just the society pages, as she has already had an article on front page to do with a murder in which she was one of the accused. Her Editor Walter Strutt sends her to England to cover a Society Wedding; she is less than impressed.

Arriving at Darrington Manor she is a little cautious as the level of society is very different to her American lifestyle, her friend Vivian is acting as her lady’s maid and her trunk is full of beautiful designer gowns, courtesy of her friend up and coming designer Paul Joubert.

Only one day into the wedding preparations she begins to sense all is not well, which as it turns out is absolutely right, as Murder is committed making this second such event to occur with links to Darrington Manor. The first, the murder of a local girl in London and now the best man. Who is doing the killing and are they one of the guests is the question Abby is asking.

Death at Darrington Manor is the second book in the Abigail Dixon series and is a very well-constructed cozy murder, the characters well-crafted, the plot carefully disguising the murderer until the final reveal.

Nancy Warren also delves lightly into the familial pressure that can be bought to bear, often with disastrous results, as Abby discovered with the murder of her stepmother previously, something which still haunts her; particularly as she finds she has become far more involved in the hunt for this killer than any sane woman should be; journalist or not!

Death at Darrington Manor is an excellent read as, with all ‘who dun it’s’, you find you are trying to work it out well before the last page! Will you succeed, maybe!  

Crime, Fiction