Murder at Melrose Court – Audiobook Online
Murder at Melrose Court is the first mystery novel in the Heathcliff Lennox series by Karen Menuhin.
Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie with a twist of Wodehouse and a special dog.
The year 1920, and Christmas is coming.
Major Lennox found a body on his doorstep – why on his doorstep? Is it related to the Countess? Is it about the ruby necklace? Lennox goes to Melrose Court, home of his uncle, Lord Melrose, to uncover the mystery. The murders start, it snows and things get very complicated.
Major Heathcliff Lennox, a former World War I war pilot, 6 feet 3 inches tall, shaggy, dark blonde, about 30 years old – was named after the hero of his romantic mother by his romantic mother. Howling hills – made him extremely uncomfortable. Murder at the Melrose Courthouse is the first book in the Lennox series.
Major Heathcliff Lennox (his mother loved literature) finds a dead body on his front steps. It is quite inconvenient because he is on his way to his Uncle Melrose’s for Christmas. After the police have gone and things are cleared away, Lennox and his dog leave for a family Christmas. Lennox and his dog are very close.
Things never go the way we expect.
His uncle is engaged to a countess. And it turns out Lennox is familiar with this particular countess. Also in the house party are two distant relatives, a woman who steals things in her spare time and the countess’ Russian niece who is engaged to Edgar, Lennox’s cousin and best friend.
When there is a murder, Lennox is found standing over the body holding the murder weapon. This Christmas is not going well at all.
Ms Menuhin is a new to me author and I am so glad I found her.
Lennox is a terrific guy. It took me a time to warm up to his apparent distance from people in general. He was a pilot in the great war and he now keeps himself isolated because he still is dealing with what he faced in his past. His family’s wealth has been frittered away and now he is dealing with unpaid bills and no evident way to pay them.
When he realizes that if he is not to be hung for a murder he did not commit, he recognizes that he must find the actual murderer. I loved the methodical way he began to detect. The Major is not a detail kind of guy. But, he becomes someone who not only sees the details, but analyzes what he sees.
Lennox is a good leading character. He loves his uncle and his cousin. He has no time for fools and charlatans. And he is much more observant than either he or others realize. His emotions sometimes get the better of him and he shouts. He loves his dog and he is stunned when he learns that not everyone wants the dog in the house.
The secondary characters are well defined and add a great deal to the story. Each of them present a possible suspect. But, most of all they provide a texture to the story. His Uncle’s servants try to deal with whatever is happening. What is a dead body among friends? And whether or not there is a dead body, or police milling about, tea will be served in the study.
This story has humor as well as mystery. It is a lovely book.
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