The Val & Arbie Mysteries

Murder by Candlelight

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...Read more