Murder on a Midnight Clear: A 1920s Christmas Mystery (1920s High Society Lady Detective Mystery)
Murder on a Midnight Clear: A 1920s Christmas Mystery (1920s High Society Lady Detective Mystery) book cover

Murder on a Midnight Clear: A 1920s Christmas Mystery (1920s High Society Lady Detective Mystery)

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Price
$13.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
280
Publisher
McGuffin Ink
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1950054350
Dimensions
5 x 0.71 x 8 inches
Weight
10.9 ounces

Description

USA Today bestselling author Sara Rosett writes lighthearted mysteries for readers who enjoy atmospheric settings, fun characters, and puzzling whodunits. She loves reading Golden Age mysteries, watching Jane Austen adaptions, and travel. She is the author of the High Society Lady Detective historical mystery series as well as three contemporary cozy series: the Murder on Location series, the On the Run series, and the Ellie Avery series. Sara also teaches an online course, How to Outline A Cozy Mystery, and is the author of How to Write a Series. Publishers Weekly called Sara's books enchanting, well-executed, and sparkling. Sara loves to get new stamps in her passport and considers dark chocolate a daily requirement. Find out more at SaraRosett.com.

Features & Highlights

  • A snowbound country mansion, a missing butler, and a Christmas case . . .
  • Olive and Jasper have never been closer—except in one area. Jasper is still reticent about his frequent disappearances from polite society. With the holidays approaching and no paying client on the books, Olive decides to shadow Jasper when he’s unexpectedly called away. Her search brings her to Holly Hill Lodge where an eclectic group has gathered to celebrate an old-fashioned English Christmas.
  • The guest list includes a celebrated lawn tennis champion, a fussy scientist studying snowflakes, a persuasive luggage salesman, a famous lady explorer, and the family’s eccentric aunt who has a fondness for the newfangled drinks called cocktails.
  • When the butler goes missing, Olive and Jasper must work together to solve the Christmas crime—as well as the secret Jasper hides.
  • Murder on a Midnight Clear
  • is the latest installment in
  • USA Today
  • bestselling author Sara Rosett’s popular High Society Lady Detective series.
  • Unwrap this 1920s Christmas mystery with all the trimmings—carols, a Yule log, plum pudding . . . and murder.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Very satisfying Christmas after all!

I read an advanced copy of this book and have read the series, but I think you'd enjoy it as a standalone despite mentions of previous incidents.

It's the classic British Christmas with several mysteries to solve about the assorted guests in a mansion in the country. Snow, bodies, blackmail, and what could have been a romantic heartbreak of misunderstanding actually resolved by common sense and communication! So nice to see people act like one would hope they acted in real life. I get tired of the jealous/conflict trope magically being fixed by circumstance.

The romance is like the sparkle on the snow but the real meat of this mystery is figuring out what exactly is going on before the weather allows Scotland Yard to get there.

I really liked it and will be reading it again soon.
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Many characters

Sarah Rosett books are always well written. This one, however, had so many characters I was confused part of the time. Perhaps, this was because I hadn't read any others in this particular series. All others I read were Ellie Avery. I wished she had a list of characters at the beginning of the book and explained who each one was in Murder on a Midnight Clear.
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very well written

This is a very engaging mystery. Interesting characters, setting and plot.
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Historical mystery

Another great addition to the High Society Lady Detective series. The colorful descriptions will pull you back to the 1920's where Olive is helping her sweetheart, Jasper, look into a crime but that is not the only thing she wants to investigate.

Thanks to the author for an ARC. The opinions expressed are my own.
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Great Christmas cozy mystery

This would be a great present for a cozy mystery lover. Or to read when you’re escaping December craziness - or any time of year when you want that “curl up with a book in Christmas vacation” feeling. Right from the opening, you’re in the scene enjoying the sights and sounds of the season. *Note: I received an advance review copy*
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Wonderful Christmas mystery

I thoroughly enjoyed this Christmas themed mystery. I have not read all the High Society Lady Detective books but in the few, I have enjoyed the 1920's vibe and the great friendship between Olive and Jasper. In this the 6th book in the series, I was excited to see that friendship go up a notch. The way that Olive and Jasper work together to solve their mysteries is also enjoyable to follow. I did receive an ARC of this book but this review is all my own making.

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