Murder at Blackwater Bend

Name: Murder at Blackwater Bend
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Clara McKenna
ISBN: 9781684578368

Author: Clara McKenna

Series: Stella and Lyndy Mystery #2

Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman

Unabridged: 10 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 06/30/2020

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Following a whirlwind engagement to Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst, Stella Kendrick is finding her footing within an elite social circle in picturesque rural England. Except tea time with refined friends can be more dangerous than etiquette faux pas—especially in the company of Lady Philippa, the woman Lyndy was once set to marry, and her husband, the ostentatious Lord Fairbrother . . .

Outrage erupts and accusations fly after Lord Fairbrother's pony wins best in breed for the seventh consecutive year. The man has his share of secrets and adversaries, but Stella and Lyndy are in for a brutal shock when they discover his body floating in the river during a quiet morning fishing trip . . .

Suddenly unwelcome around hardly-grieving Lady Philippa and Lyndy's endlessly critical mother, Stella faces the bitter reality that she may always be an outsider—and one of her trusted new acquaintances may be a calculating killer. Now, Stella and her fiancé must fight against the current to catch the culprit, before they're the next couple torn apart by tragedy.

About Clara McKenna

Clara McKenna is the author of the acclaimed Stella and Lyndy Mystery series as well as other historical mysteries written under a different name. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society and Sisters in Crime, as well as a founding member of Sleuths in Time, a cooperative group of historical mystery writers who encourage and promote each other's work. McKenna has spent most of her working life in academia and is an avid traveler, a vintage teacup collector, a poet, and a self-professed anglophile. She lives with her family in a Victorian farmhouse near Ames, Iowa.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gloria on March 02, 2024

I am enjoying this Stella and Lyndy Mysteries series set in early 1900's in rural England. American heiress Stella Kendrick and Lyndy, Viscount Lyndhurst, are to be wed by arrangement of their parents. Lyndy's family needs the money that Stella can bring it and her father wants his daughter married......more

Goodreads review by Nursebookie on July 28, 2020

Murder at Blackwater Bend by Clara McKenna This book is the second book in the series and despite not having had the chance to read book 1, reading this worked as a stand alone. I enjoyed this book so much that I will read the first book in the series. I really enjoyed this historical fiction cozy mys......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 12, 2022

August 1905 finds American heiress Stella Kendrick and Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst planning their wedding as they get to know each other better. Things hit a snag when they find a dead body in a nearby river one morning while fly fishing. The victim was their neighbor, Lord Fairbrother. He wasn’t a n......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa on July 15, 2020

Funny to say a book about murder can also be a feel-good story, but that's exactly the case here. As in the first book, you can't help but smile, and then applaud, as American heiress Stella Kendrick continues to confound stuffy British society with her ingenuous charm and unbridled optimism. While......more

Goodreads review by Judy on May 16, 2020

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for an e-galley of this novel. 1905 in England and Lady Atherly is unimpressed with her future daughter-in-law. Granted Stella Kendrick's father has loads of money but the family had no social standing in America and they seem to imbody all that is not acce......more