Death Comes To The Rectory Av Catherine Lloyd

<b>In Catherine Lloyd''s eighth Regency-set Kurland St. Mary Mystery, murder casts a dark shadow over the christening of Major Sir Robert Kurland and Lady Lucy''s daughter Elizabeth--even more so when Lucy''s own father, the rector, falls under suspicion for the crime...</b><br><br>Lucy and Robert''s joy in christening their new daughter, surrounded by extended family and loved ones who have gathered in the village of Kurland St. Mary, is only enhanced when Robert''s aunt Rose--now the second wife of Lucy''s father Ambrose--announces that she is with child. However, not everyone is happy about the news, in particular Rose''s adult daughter Henrietta and her husband, who fear for their inheritance.<br><br>Following the christening, Rose''s disagreeable son-in-law Basil Northam threatens to turn afternoon tea in the rectory into an unsightly brawl. The next morning, he is found in the rector''s study, stabbed through the heart with an antique letter opener, clutching a note that appears