The Mitford murders

<b>'Exactly the sort of book you might enjoy with the fire blazing, the snow falling. The solution is neat and the writing always enjoyable'</b><b>Anthony Horowitz</b><b>Lose yourself in the sumptuous first novel in a new series of Golden Age mysteries set amid the lives of the glamorous Mitford sisters.</b>It's 1919, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London, and most of all her oppressive and dangerous uncle.Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nurserymaid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy - an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories.But when a nurse - Florence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesake - is killed on a train in broad daylight, Nancy and amateur sleuth Louisa find that in postwar England, everyone has something to hide . . . <b>Written by Jessica Fellowes, author of the number one-bestselling <i>Downton Abbey</i> books, <i>The Mitford Murders</i>is the perfect new obsession for fans of Daisy Goodwin, Anthony</b><b>Horowitz</b><b>and Agatha Christie - and is</b><b>based on a real unsolved crime.</b>'True and <b>glorious indulgence.</b>A <b>dazzling</b>example of a Golden Age mystery'<i><b>Daisy Goodwin</b></i>'Oh how delicious! This terrific start to what promises to be a must-read series is exactly what we all need in these gloomy times.' <b>Inventive, glittering, clever, ingenious</b>. I devoured <i>The Mitford Murders</i>... so will you.<b>Give it to absolutely everyone for Christmas</b>, then pre-order the next one'Susan Hill'All the <b>blissful escapism</b> of a Sunday-night period drama in a book'<i>The Pool</i>