Summer 1911. A scorching heatwave engulfs the quiet town of Littleton Cotterell and brings about an unusually early harvest. The villagers are thrilled, but events quickly turn sour when one of them turns up dead in an apple orchard, stabbed through the heart.
Amateur sleuth Lady Hardcastle and her trusty lady’s maid, Flo, suddenly have a juicy case on their hands. Might the mysterious stranger they recently met in the village be to blame?
When a second cider-related murder takes place, it quickly becomes clear that there’s more to these mysterious deaths than meets the eye. The daring duo uncover whispers of an ancient order and moonlit rituals. And evidence points to a macabre secret in the village stretching back years. A secret someone will do anything—anything at all—to keep hidden.
Something is rotten, that’s for sure. With the local constabulary baffled, Lady Hardcastle and Flo must use all their powers of wit and whimsy to get to the bottom of the dastardly deed. But can they catch the killer before any more people drop dead?
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“Elizabeth Knowelden’s versatile British accents enhance this charming cozy…When another murder occurs, the clues become juicier and the stakes higher as the duo learns more about the ancient cult and decades-old possible causes for murder. Lady Hardcastle’s eighth adventure is filled with personalities who help and hinder the detectives—both professional and amateur.”
— AudioFile
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T. E. Kinsey is the author of the Lady Hardcastle mystery series and the Dizzy Heights series. He grew up in London and read history at Bristol University. He worked in magazines in the 1990s. In the early-2000s, when the millennium was new and the possibilities boundless, he helped the internet to boom by working on one of its most famous sites. His website is at tekinsey.uk and you can follow him on Twitter—@tekinsey—as well as on Facebook: www.facebook.com/tekinsey.
Elizabeth Knowelden is an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator who has been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. As an actress, she trained in London at the Webber Douglas Academy where she received a Sir Laurence Olivier Commendation. Her acting credits include theater, musicals, and national tours in the United Kingdom. Also a film actress, she has participated in BAFTA’s Newcomers Program.