Madrigals and Mayhem

by Elizabeth Penney Narrated by Henrietta Meire

Overview

Molly is eager to experience her first English Christmas with family and friends now that she's adjusted to her move to Cambridge and her restoration of her family's ancestral bookshop, Thomas Marlowe-Manuscripts and Folios. When local toyshop Pemberly's Emporium reopens, Molly is excited to meet the new owner, Charlotte Pemberly, who is determined to make the toy store a success after unexpectedly becoming her grandfather Arthur's sole heir.



Arthur's new wife Althea Winters and her unpleasant family loathe Charlotte for inheriting what they believe was theirs and have set their sights on a valuable Madame Alexander doll that's gone missing. When Althea's grandson is poisoned by cakes from Tea & Crumpets, Charlotte becomes the top suspect. Molly believes Charlotte was the intended victim and investigates the Pemberly's home, only to discover that Arthur had been murdered.



To get closer to this treacherous family, Molly and her boyfriend Kieran go undercover by volunteering to act and sing for a madrigal dinner directed by Althea and her daughter at St. Hildegard's College. Molly must help her new friend clear her name while searching for the missing doll and wrangling her own family during the chaotic holiday festivities at the bookshop.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A complex mystery featuring the historic charms of Cambridge and a likable, clever sleuth.”—Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

2024-09-28
Christmas in Cambridge is a new experience for American Molly Kimball, though murder is not.

Molly and her widowed mother have moved to England to help her great-aunt run the family’s 400-year-old bookstore. Molly—who’s already made friends, acquired a delightful boyfriend from an aristocratic family, and helped solve several mysteries—now meets and befriends Charlotte Pemberly, who’s just inherited a wonderful toy store from her grandfather, much to the dismay of his thrice-married widow, Althea, and her family. When Charlotte gives Molly a tour of the shop, they discover Barnaby—her grandfather’s step-grandson—deathly ill and call for an ambulance, narrowly saving his life. Then his sister Tori shows up, followed by the police, who are suspicious about some cakes he’d eaten at the store and suggest that Molly’s best friend, bakery owner Daisy, may have made them. Daisy says the box is hers but the cakes definitely aren’t, since she would never use blue frosting. Considering the family feud, Charlotte looks like a suspect, but Molly thinks it’s more likely she was the target of the poisoned cakes—after all, they were left in her shop. When Charlotte asks for help, Molly is more than willing to try solving the mystery. She meets Charlotte’s awful step-family and their friends, even joining her boyfriend to sing in a play Althea is staging. It will take a lot of luck to find the answer before Charlotte becomes the next victim.

A complex mystery featuring the historic charms of Cambridge and a likable, clever sleuth.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940191992372
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	01/28/2025
Series:	Cambridge Bookshop , #4
Edition description:	Unabridged

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