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  • A Body in the Villa

  • Lady Caroline Murder Mysteries, Book 3
  • By: Isabella Bassett
  • Narrated by: Sandra Churchill
  • Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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A Body in the Villa

By: Isabella Bassett
Narrated by: Sandra Churchill
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Summary

Will Lady Caroline add another feather to her detective cap, or will she become buzzard meat?

Switzerland, 1925

A rare bird is nesting in the lush summer meadows of the Swiss Alps, and the grizzled members of Uncle Albert’s Royal Society for Natural History Appreciation travel en masse to get a closer look.

The fact that they will be encamped at an opulent villa, coupled with the promise of a midsummer party, persuades his niece, and unenthusiastic secretary, Lady Caroline, to follow suit.

As the champagne flows, and tales of rare birds grow taller, a killer makes a bold move. One of the more risque guests is strangled with her own elaborate dress. When a rakish rogue, a charm-the-birds-out-of-the-trees kind of man, is picked off next, the police speculate that someone is stalking the more exotic specimens of this country house party.

Dismissing this bird-brain idea, Lady Caroline suspects instead that a cunning killer is using the party to feather their nest. Ready as ever for a good scavenger hunt, she follows the clues to the bad egg spoiling all the fun.

A Body in the Villa is Book 3 of the Lady Caroline Murder Mysteries series. In the glamorous world of 1920s Europe, money and privilege rub shoulders, and greed, envy, and murder are never far behind. Follow Lady Caroline, intelligent and witty, with a fondness for breaking rules, on a fun romp through the golden age of murder mysteries. Each book contains the requisite eccentric characters, fun historical tidbits, and puzzling murders with no gore or gloom.

©2022 Isabella Bassett (P)2024 Isabella Bassett
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Great narrating

Great story with some twists. I do love her friend poppy, some moments really made me laugh.
The narrator does a superb job!

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