CHRISTIAN FICTION

The Burning of Rosemont Abbey

Bethany House. Oct. 2024. 336p. ISBN 9780764242472. pap. $17.99. CF
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Louisa Everly has not been close with her twin Paul in years, but in the middle of a crowded party, she senses he is in deadly peril. Within the hour, party guests are watching Rosemont Abbey burn, and the absent Paul becomes the prime suspect. In 1956 England, the village of Wilbeth Green is full of old money and resistant to new ideas, including Louisa sleuthing around to clear her brother’s name. After all, it is hard to run from criminals in bright-yellow kitten heels and even harder to snoop for clues when her adoptive aunt is trying to set her up with the region’s most eligible bachelor. With help from unlikely sources, including an octogenarian choir teacher and the local boy turned Detective Inspector, Louisa digs deeper into her family’s past—and turns up more than she bargained for.
VERDICT Stephens (Shadow Among Sheaves) has penned an expertly plotted mystery in the classic style of Agatha Christie or Alan Bradley. Readers will follow plenty of red herrings and suspect everyone at least once before the end.
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