Liar by E.F. Schraeder6/7/2023 ![]() Anastasia Hastings is a pseudonym the author writes under many other names, including Mimi Granger (the Love is Murder Mystery series, set in a town based on Peninsula), (the Jazz Ramsey series about a Cleveland woman who trains dogs for human remains detection) and Lucy Ness (the Haunted Mansion series, set in a city that clearly resembles Akron). ![]() “Of Manners and Murder” (304 pages, hardcover) costs $26.99 from Minotaur. Two other characters add to the charm of this welcome new series: Violet’s younger half sister Sephora, who is much richer and susceptible to any fast-talking fortune hunter, and housekeeper Bunty, who is the Mrs. The alacrity with which Violet takes on her new investigation and her ability to improvise make her a spirited heroine. Violet loses no time in introducing herself as Ivy’s old school friend and inviting herself to the post-funeral luncheon, where she performs a discreet search of the premises and chats up the guests, each of whom is a plausible suspect - that is, if Ivy was murdered at all. ![]() She arrives just in time for Ivy’s funeral. By adding up some clues, Violet deduces the woman’s first name - Ivy - and town - about 40 miles from London - and travels there to see for herself. ![]()
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