A Dagger Before Me
- Author Jeanne M. Dams
- Narrator Kate Reading
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 27 February 2024
- Run Time 9 hours and 27 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Fiction: general and literary.
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What to expect
American Anglophile Dorothy Martin uncovers strange goings-on when she attends the christening of an English aristocrat.
Dorothy Martin and her husband, Alan, have been invited to rural Suffolk to take part in the christening of the newest member of the aristocratic Montcalm family. But on arriving at Dunham Manor, they discover the household in turmoil as the ceremonial dagger used in Montcalm family christenings for generations past, has gone missing. Dorothy and Alan offer their help in locating the ancient heirloom, but when a stranger is murdered in the village—stabbed in the back with an ornate dagger—Sir Edwin Montcalm finds himself the prime suspect in a very puzzling murder.
It will take all Dorothy and Alan’s well-honed investigative skills to untangle a web of long-buried secrets, historic conflicts, and murderous inclinations which threaten to destroy the traditions and the very existence of the Montcalms’ way of life forever.
Critics Review
“Anglophiles and history buffs alike will enjoy the cozy mystery merged with travelogue details.”
“An Anglophile’s delight piled high with enchanting details of arcane rituals, all neatly wrapped around a nice little case of murder.”
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