Behind the Shattered Glass - Tasha Alexander

Written by Tasha Alexander
Read by Bianca Amato
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: Lady Emily: Book 8
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release date: October 15, 2013
Duration: 10:15:57

Anglemore Park is the ancestral home of Lady Emily Hargreave’s husband Colin. But the stately calm of country life is destroyed when their neighbor, the Marquess of Montagu, bursts through the French doors from the garden and falls down dead in front of the shocked gathering. But who has a motive for murdering the young aristocrat? The lovely cousin who was threatened by his engagement, the Oxford friend he falsely accused of cheating, the scheming vicar’s daughter he shamelessly seduced or the relative no one knew existed who appears to claim the Montagu title? Who is the mysterious woman seen walking with him moments before he was brutally attacked?

The trail takes listeners into the gilded world of a British manor house and below stairs to the servants who know all the secrets. One family’s hidden past and a forbidden passion are the clues to a puzzle only Lady Emily can solve.

Emily’s narrative alternates with a chronicle of life below stairs at Anglemore, where the servants hold valuable clues. Though some elements of a romance between a titled guest and housemaid feel implausible for the era, readers will relish Alexander’s lyrical evocation of British landscapes and her gift for crafting engaging characters. Boisterous adventurer Rodney Scolfield and Emily’s hidebound mother, Lady Bromley, are especially amusing.—Publishers Weekly

“Bianca Amato’s sophisticated British accent and haughty tone are perfect for this recent addition to the Lady Emily Victorian mystery series.. Amato convincingly portrays the characters from both the nobility and the working class with distinct accents and individual mannerisms, making each recognizable and enjoyable.”— AudioFile