MURDER IN THE MERRYTON MEWS

MURDER IN THE MERRYTON MEWS
Author: Marilyn Clay
Publisher: The Regency Plume Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2024-07-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

MURDER IN THE MERRYTON MEWS by MARILYN CLAY is book eleven in the popular JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES. Miss Abbott, now wed to her beloved Mr. Sheridan, (who is now Lord Sheridan since he inherited his late father's title and fortune) has been invited to Merryton to visit with two of her husband's cousins, a married couple. Although they specifically invited Juliette to come for a visit, they seem far less than cordial or welcoming. Juliette quickly begins to uncover the Harris’s deadly secrets but as the complications mount and her fears grow, a horrible death for both her and her maid seem likely. Nothing in Merryton is as it seems, and Juliette and her maid soon find themselves living in fear for their lives with no where to turn for help! To uncover the reason behind the evil man’s actions whilst also saving her own, and Tilda’s, life is uppermost in Miss Abbott’s mind. Can our clever, crime-solving sleuth find a way to escape the monster's clutches before it’s too late? In Ebook, Print & Audio from all major online booksellers! "A chilling murder mystery with characters who turn out to not be what they seem!" -- Red River Mysteries. "Miss Abbott proves she is once again on her game in her attempts to outsmart the ruthless killer!" -- 5 Star Reader Review "Ms. Clay's prose is so smooth and her descriptions so vivid I feel as if I'm watching a movie!" -- JM All eleven titles in Marilyn Clay's JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES are available in print, audio and Ebook. Each story can be read as a stand-alone, but you won't want to miss a single book in the series! Previous titles (in order) include MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MURDER IN MARGATE, MURDER AT MEDLEY PARK, MURDER IN MIDDLEWYCH, MURDER IN MAIDSTONE, MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL, MURDER ON MARSH LANE, MURDER IN MARTINDALE, MURDER AT MARLEY CHASE, and now MURDER IN THE MERRYTON MEWS. Book twelve is on the way and will be released in 2025. If you enjoy the Regency mystery novels of Stephanie Barron, Sheri Cobb South, Alyssa Maxwell, and Heidi Ashworth, you'll enjoy Marilyn Clay's clean, and always amusing Regency mysteries, suitable for teen readers with no graphic scenes or offensive language. A former University Editor and Graphics Designer, all of Marilyn Clay's non-fiction titles, ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA, A HISTORY OF THE WATER CLOSET, three books on REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE, and YOU ARE NEVER ALONE, as well as many of her Regency romances and historical suspense novels, have all attained Top 100 or Best-Seller status online. JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY ENGLAND is author Marilyn Clay's latest non-fiction title, available in print, ebook and audio from major online booksellers. The 400+ page book explores a wide range of topics pertaining to life as it was in England during the Regency years, all tied to the authoress Jane Austen, where she lived, what she wrote, her life and untimely death. For sixteen years, author Marilyn Clay published The Regency Plume Newsletter worldwide. Back issues of The Regency Plume are still available from The Regency Plume website. You'll also enjoy Marilyn Clay's historical suspense novels, DECEPTIONS and SECRETS AND LIES, both set in the New World colony of Jamestown, and BETSY ROSS:ACCIDENTAL SPY, set in Philadelphia at the onset of the American Revolutionary war.

Deceptions

Deceptions
Author: Marilyn Clay
Publisher: Five Star Trade
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Jamestown (Va.)
ISBN: 9781594148781

If the letter had arrived just one day later, there would have been nothing Catherine Parke could have done. The letter was from her father, who, along with her brother Adam and her beau, Noah Colton, left England for the New World six years ago. Catherines father now wants her to join them, but the very next day, Catherines guardians arrange for her to marry a wealthy London merchant. Fortunately, a chance meeting with Princess Pocahontas, who is visiting London, gives Catherine the means to set sail for Jamestown.

Miss Eliza's Gentleman Caller

Miss Eliza's Gentleman Caller
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2012
Genre: England
ISBN: 9781301362905

MISS ELIZA'S GENTLEMAN CALLER is a Regency romance novel set in London just after Waterloo. Young and innocent, Miss Eliza Foxburn is genuinely alarmed to discover that her widower father, Sir Richard, is courting a young lady whose father is in trade! Worse yet, the chit is only nineteen, just one year older than Eliza! The tendre is making her father look like an old fool, at least to Eliza. Surely she can make him see that his impossible infatuation is a mistake. And what better way than to encourage an impossibly older man to come courting her!General March Huntley, a dashing officer of thirty-eight, is hardly over the hill. Back in London after a long campaign, he is making female hearts flutter. Yet he is vastly surprised when the lively Miss Eliza Foxburn asks him to call on her! When she steals a kiss, Huntley is pleased. But when he learns she is only playing a foolish game, Huntley, known as Wellington's Master Strategist, plans a battle of his own: to outfox Miss Foxburn and teach her a lesson . . . in love."The character's and situations in this Regency are unbelievably clever and funny! I loved this book!" 0́3 Regency author, Melissa Frederick."Miss Eliza's Gentleman Caller is reminiscent of the best of Jane Austen; very well done and laugh out loud amusing! This one is sure to please."0́3Red River Reviews.MARILYN CLAY is a multi-published author and respected historian of the Regency period. A former University editor for the University of Texas at Dallas, for sixteen years, Marilyn Clay published and edited The Regency Plume Newsletter, an international newsletter containing well-researched articles useful to writers, historians and people interested in the 18th and early 19th centuries in English history.Historical essays by Marilyn Clay appear in Encyclopedia of Romanticism: Culture in Britain, 1780s 0́3 1830s published by Garland Books.Ms. Clay recent historical suspense novels include DECEPTIONS: A Jamestown Novel and SECRETS AND LIES: A Jamestown Novel, both released in hardcover from Thomson/Gale in 2010 and 2012 and now available in print from major on-line retailers and as e-books. THE LETTER, also set in Jamestown in available in both print and e-book formats. BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY recently published by Mayfair Books, was simultaneously released in print and e-book formats, and is also available from major on-line retailers and for various e-readers.

Bewitching Lord Winterton

Bewitching Lord Winterton
Author: Marilyn Clay
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1995-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780821750827

When wealthy Lord Winterton visits the Abercorns' home, little does he know that his life will be touched by magic. The eldest daughter, Neala, touches a wedding dress and the first time Lord Winterton lays eyes on her, he falls in love. But Neala is too proud to be married because of a mere spell. Now it's up to Lord Winterton to prove to Neala that it's true love.

Miss Darby's Debut

Miss Darby's Debut
Author: Marilyn Clay
Publisher: Marilyn Jean Clay, Publisher
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1999-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780821763575

Tessa Darby comes to England to escape the tyranny of a cruel stepfather and to reform the harsh child labor laws. Harrison Belmour, the fifth Earl of Penwyck, is the very sort of influential gentleman Tessa wishes to reach. But the exasperating earl simply cannot tolerate a woman interested in politics--until he finds himself falling in love with her! A Regency romance.

Murder at Marley Chase

Murder at Marley Chase
Author: Marilyn Clay
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-12-14
Genre:
ISBN:

MURDER AT MARLEY CHASE by MARILYN CLAY is book ten in the popular JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES. When Miss Abbott is assigned to select art works for the private gallery of Lady Marley of Marley Chase and her husband, who is staging a prestigious Derby there, Juliette and her maid Tilda confidently set out for the large country manor home. However, once there, troubling events ensue. A maid is found floating face-down in the stream, and within the house, a thief is preying on Lady Marley's aristocratic guests! One after another of them finds herself the victim of a brazen jewel thief! Juliette has her suspicions as to the thief's identity, but is possessed of no proof. When one of the lady guests is found tragically murdered, Juliette manages to catch a glimpse of the man as he flees from the scene, but because she found the dead woman, who was also robbed of her jewels, the finger of guilt soon points at Juliette! Fortunately, her handsome gentleman friend Mr. Sheridan is amongst the Marley Chase house guests. Having been dispatched by the Home Office to protect the life of a prominent statesman from a ruthless assassin, Mr. Sheridan and Miss Abbott once again team up to solve both crimes, that of murder and theft. However, when the assassin steps up his game and kidnaps both Miss Abbott and the ambassador, Mr. Sheridan has only moments to act before his lovely lady friend's life is taken from him forever. "A tense, chilling murder mystery full of twists and turns! Well done!" -- Red River Mysteries. "An intricate story! The final book in this series is not to be missed!" -- 5 Star Reader Review "Ms. Clay's prose is so smooth and her descriptions so vivid I feel as if I'm watching a movie!" -- JM All ten titles in Marilyn Clay's JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES are available from most online booksellers in both print and Ebook. Each story can be read as a stand-alone, but to begin with the first book in the series is recommended. Previous titles in the JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES (in order) include MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MURDER IN MARGATE, MURDER AT MEDLEY PARK, MURDER IN MIDDLEWYCH, MURDER IN MAIDSTONE, MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL, MURDER ON MARSH LANE, MURDER IN MARTINDALE and now MURDER AT MARLEY CHASE. If you enjoy the Regency mystery novels of Ashley Gardner, Sheri Cobb South, Alyssa Maxwell, Adele Clee, and Heidi Ashworth, you'll enjoy Marilyn Clay's clean, and always amusing Regency mysteries, suitable for teens with no explicit situations, graphic scenes or offensive language. A former University Editor, all of Marilyn Clay's non-fiction titles, ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA, A HISTORY OF THE WATER CLOSET, three books on REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE, and YOU ARE NEVER ALONE, as well as many of her Regency romances and historical suspense novels, have attained Top 100 Best-Seller status. For additional information about Marilyn Clay's novels, visit Marilyn Clay Author.

Murder at Montford Hall

Murder at Montford Hall
Author: Marilyn Clay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2020-01-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781653776733

MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL is Book 7 in Marilyn Clay's Juliette Abbott Regency-set Mystery Series.A pair of mysteries collide in this intricately-plotted tale set against the glamourous backdrop of the London theater world in the 1820s. What can possibly go wrong when a group of former actors and actresses, all of whom once appeared to great acclaim on the London stage, are invited for a lovely winter house party at the country home of Lord and Lady Montford?How about the vicious murder of one of their group on her way to Montford Hall, the poor lady found dead in her carriage before she even arrives at the house party?Will a blinding snowstorm dictating that no one can leave the mansion, or the fact that the coal supply in the house is fast diminishing and the larder is nearly bare of food serve to lower the houseguests' spirits?Will finding another guest brutally murdered on the premises frighten the guests? Or cause them to believe that they are now stranded in the snowy countryside with a killer in their midst? How soon before the frightened guests begin to point fingers at one another?When Miss Abbott, who is not an actress and therefore not one of them, is spotted standing over the dead body of one of the gentlemen guests, the murder weapon in hand, how quickly will Miss Abbott be declared the guilty party?And, how quickly will our clever young sleuth manage to run the real killer to ground and prove not only her own innocence, but also that of her maid Tilda, upon whose head suspicion has also fallen?"The twists and turns in Marilyn Clay's newest Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery is bound to keep readers turning pages!" -- Red River Mystery Reviews"I feel as if I'm watching a movie when I read a novel by this author, her descriptions and the action she describes are so very life-like and colourful! Great fun, indeed!" --J S Johnson, 5-Star Reader Review"You won't want to miss this latest story in Marilyn Clay's popular Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series. Miss Abbott continues to be a quick-thinking, clever sleuth who out-wits even the most ruthless killers!" --Marcy Keller, 5-Star Reader ReviewMURDER AT MONTFORD HALL is Book 7 in the Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery series. Beginning with Book 1, MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, and on through MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MURDER IN MARGATE, MURDER AT MEDLEY PARK, MURDER IN MIDDLEWYCH, and MURDER IN MAIDSTONE, each and every title throughout this delightful series penned by award-winning Regency author Marilyn Clay continues to please! You won't want to miss a single one!Look for all of Marilyn Clay's historical suspense novels available from major online retailers in both print and ebook formats!