A NEWLYWED'S GUIDE TO FORTUNE AND MURDER (Countess of Harleigh Mystery #6) by Dianne Freeman will be released on June 27, 2023, by Kensington Books.
When newlywed Frances Hazelton agrees to assist the dowager Viscountess Winstead and prepare the elderly woman's niece for her debut in society, she has no clue that the simple task will lead her into a murder investigation and put her in the direct path of a killer. It also gives Frances a chance to help her husband find a missing journal describing the late viscount's extensive travels that was left to the British Museum following his death. Finding Viscountess Winstead in frail health and addicted to laudanum, Frances begins to suspect that not all is as it seems in the household. Following the murder of Viscountess Winstead's nurse, Frances moves into the house so that she can better protect the viscountess while also look into the viscountess's unconventional niece, her heartless stepchildren, and the servants. The deeper Frances digs into the Winstead family affairs, the more convinced she becomes that someone murdered the former viscount and is now trying to use laudanum to do away with the viscountess.
A NEWLYWED'S GUIDE TO FORTUNE AND MURDER is a great addition to the Countess of Harleigh Mystery series. There are plenty of suspects with plausible motives for wanting Viscountess Winstead out of the way. The novel is full of clues, red herrings, and other crimes that keep the reader guessing the identity of the person with the heavy-hand when it comes to dealing out doses of laudanum.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.