title: A Stab in the Dark (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)
author:  Lawrence Block 
description: A Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, Lawrence Block is a four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. The author of more than fifty books and numerous short stories, he is a devout New Yorker who spends much of his time traveling.
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  A Stab in the Dark
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  (Araminta Investigates Book 1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Karen Chester
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Murder comes to Missenden Hall...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Araminta Templeton returns home to the English countryside when her aunt, Lady
  Winthrop, sends out a plea for help. Facing financial ruin, the impoverished
  Winthrops are reluctantly opening their ancestral home, Missenden Hall, to the
  public, with Araminta drafted in as tour guide.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  She’s barely finished the first tour when disaster strikes. A visitor is found
  in a hidden staircase stabbed to death!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  With the tours on hold, her relatives’ future in jeopardy, and a hostile
  detective breathing down her neck, Araminta must solve the mystery before a
  family secret threatens to destroy everything.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A charming cosy mystery set in an English country village. For readers who
  like a spot of tea and crumpets with their crime.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Note: this book is written in UK English.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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