Why I Love this Series:
Historical cozy mysteries are my absolute favorite and this series is simply delightful
The writing brings the time period and settings to life and tells complex mysteries. The series has it all – mystery, drama, romance. Stella is such a well developed character–her enthusiasm for life and helping others is contagious,
If you loved the Jane Wunderly series, I’d recommend giving this one a try. Especially fun as an audiobook, with the same narrator as the Jane Wunderly series – Sarah Zimmerman. I eagerly await the newest book in the series.
About the Series:
Stella Kendrick is an all-American heiress who can’t be tamed. But when the lively aspiring equine trainer tangles with British aristocracy, she meets her match—and a murderer . . .
Like the Thoroughbreds she rides across the Kentucky countryside, Stella takes adventure by the reins when she’s asked to attend a mysterious wedding in rural England. But once she arrives at the lush Morrington Hall estate, her cold, ambitious father reveals that he has arranged to give away his daughter as bride to the Earl of Atherly’s financially strapped son . . .
Stella refuses to be sold off like a prized pony. Yet there’s something intriguing about her groom-to-be, the roguish Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst. The unlikely pair could actually be on the right track with each other . . . until they find the vicar who was to marry them dead in the library. Now, Stella and Lyndy must put their marriage on hold to prevent an unbridled criminal from destroying their new life together right out of the gate . . .
Books in the Series:
Book 1: Murder at Morrington Hall (2019)
Book 2: Murder at Blackwater Bend (2020)
Book 3: Murder at Keyhaven Castle(2021)
Book 4: Murder at the Majestic Hotel (2022)
Book 5: Murder on Mistletoe Lane (2023)
Coming November 26, 2024 Book 6: Murder at Glenloch Hill (preorder here)
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About the Author:
Clara McKenna writes the acclaimed historical cozy Stella & Lyndy Mysteries series, about an unlikely couple who mix love, murder, and horseracing in Edwardian England. SUSPENSE MAGAZINE voted MURDER AT KEYHAVEN CASTLE, the third book in the series one of the BEST of 2021.
She is a member of Sisters in Crime and the founding member of Sleuths in Time, a cooperative group of historical mystery writers who encourage and promote each other’s work.
With an incurable case of wanderlust, she travels every chance she gets, England being a favorite destination. When she can’t get to England, she happily writes about it from her home in Iowa.
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Series Read Alikes:
A Jane Wunderly Mystery Series by Erica Ruth Neubauer
Countess of Harleigh Mystery Series by Dianne Freeman
Lily Adler Mystery Series by Katharine Schellman
High Society Lady Detective Series by Sara Rosett
Further Reading – Articles:
The Stella and Lyndy Mystery Series by Clara McKenna from Victoria Magazine
Welcome Back, Author Clara McKenna by Barbara Ross from Wicked Authors Blog
Interview with Clara McKenna from C. P. Lesley Blog
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