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Lady Takes the Case (Manor Cat, Bk 1) (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
Lady Takes the Case - Manor Cat, Bk 1 - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Eliza Casey, Susan Lyons (Narrator) Lady Cecilia Bates and intuitive cat Jack race to unmask a murderer when a scandal more poisonous than poor etiquette strikes Danby Hall--a dinner party turned deadly. — England, 1912. Danby Hall is the only home Lady Cecilia Bates has ever known. Despite the rigid rules of etiquette and her mother the Countess of Avebur... more »y's fervent desire to see her married off, Lady Cecilia can't imagine life anywhere else. But now, with an agricultural depression sweeping the countryside, the Bates family's possession of the hall is suddenly in peril.
A possible solution arrives in the form of the imperious American heiress Annabel Clarke. The Earl and Countess of Avebury are determined that Cecilia's brother, Patrick, will win Annabel's hand in marriage—and her fortune along with it. To help the lackluster Patrick in this pursuit, the Bates and their staff arrange a grand house party upon the heiress's arrival.
But when a guest dies after sipping from a glass meant for Annabel, it's clear the Bates have a more pressing problem--a murderer in their midst. Cecilia sets out to find the culprit, with help from Annabel's maid, Jane, and Jane's curiously intelligent cat, Jack. With a stranger lurking in the village and Danby's guests and residents growing restless under questioning, Cecilia knows time is ticking to find the killer and protect her home....
Read by Susan Lyons. 7 Audio CDs (8 hours: 15 minutes.)« less