The book cover for Murder by Candlelight by Faith Martin includes the tagline 'Someone In This House will be Dead by Morning ...'

It's a white background with a brushed black background (edges look like blurred paint, the bottom edge flowing upwards into three black candles with white "drip" marks and red flames (they are different heights / sizes). To the left bottom, there's a doorway shape picked out in orangey red, with a black cat sat in it, there is the hint of steps coming down from it. The title is at the top in large lettering.

The Cotswolds, 1924. At the Old Forge in the quiet village of Maybury-in-the-Marsh a cry of anguish rings lady of the house Amy Phelps has been discovered dead. But with all the windows and doors to her room locked from inside, how – and by whom – was she killed? Arbuthnot ‘Arbie’ Swift finds himself in the unlikely position of detective. The celebrated author of The Gentleman’s Guide to Ghost-Hunting is staying at the Old Forge to investigate a suspected spectre, but now the more pressing matter of Amy’s murder falls to him too. With old friend Val, he soon uncovers a sorry tale of altered wills, secret love affairs and tragic losses – and plenty of motives for murder. When events take another sinister turn, Arbie must find the killer, fast. And to do so will mean cracking a most perfectly plotted crime…

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