Killer in the Carriage House

Victorian Village Mystery Series, Book 2

By: Sheila Connolly

Narrated by: Emily Durante

After 15 years away, Kate Hamilton never expected to end up back in her hometown of Asheboro, Maryland, full time. And she definitely didn't expect to be leading the charge of recreating the town as a Victorian village and tourist attraction. But as unexpected as the circumstances are, Kate is ready to tackle them.

The town, on the other hand, is going to take some convincing. Ever since Henry Barton's shovel factory closed down, it's started to seem like there are more tumbleweeds than tourists rolling down Main Street. Kate's ideas are good, but ambitious - and her friends and neighbors are worried that finding the money for them would push the town even further into debt.

Luckily, Kate and historian Joshua Wainwright may have come up with a solution. The Barton mansion, meant to be the centerpiece of the Victorian village, has proven to be a veritable goldmine of documents about the town's 19th-century history, and Kate is convinced the papers hide something of value. When a dead body turns up in the town library - mere hours before the documents were meant to arrive there themselves - Kate begins to worry that the papers spell danger instead of dollars. It seems that someone doesn't want these forgotten secrets coming to light, and they'll do whatever it takes to keep Kate quiet....

©2019 Sheila Connolly (P)2019 Tantor

Not the Top Series for this Author

Sheila Connolly is a favorite author for me. This book is just ok in my opinion. It has the potential to be a really good series, but it seemed to drag in a lot of places. Since I'm a big fan of the author, I will try another in this series, hoping it will improve.

A great one!

Kept me listening til it was over. I liked how the town is slowly worked into story. Narrative keeps you awake at bedtime.

The cast and history

Excellent story line, kept you interested all the way through, and wanting more. like the love interest too.

Good plot

Ms Connolly has come up with a great plot but ....,
The retelling and rehashing of the “ info” from every possible angle gets very old in this book.
More than once I wanted to scream ok ok we get it Sheila!!!
Hoping this series will take off and be better written in the next books.
If it were not a Shelia Connolly novel, I would not come back for more.

Great series!

So far in this series, this is the best book and I recommend it for anyone that likes mysteries, and stories about history.