Crimson Shadow of Blackwood Manor: A Miss Evelyn Thorne Mystery

A locked room. A murdered tyrant. And a house full of liars.
In the desolate moors of Yorkshire, Blackwood Manor stands as a gilded cage of secrets-its grandeur rotting beneath the weight of Sir Alistair Blackwood's cruelty. When the tyrannical patriarch is found stabbed through the heart in his locked study, the only clue is an ornate serpentine dagger wiped clean of fingerprints. The door was bolted from the inside. The windows, sealed. And every soul in the house has a motive.
Enter Miss Evelyn Thorne, an unconventional detective with a razor-sharp mind and a penchant for the macabre. As she peels back the layers of the Blackwood family's deceit, she uncovers:
- A disinherited heir drowning in gambling debts.
- A daughter's forbidden love affair and a torn sketch of the murder weapon.
- The housekeeper's missing master -and her decades-old grudge.
- A solicitor's bloodied scratchand a vanished will.
- The family doctor's suspicious sedatives and a ledger of stolen fortunes.
But the deeper Evelyn digs, the clearer the truth becomes: **Blackwood Manor's shadows hide more than a killer**. They hide a sin so vile, someone would kill to keep it buried.
**Perfect for fans of: **
- **Agatha Christie's** locked-room puzzles.
- **Sherlock Holmes'** deductive brilliance.
- **Mexican Gothic's** eerie, decaying estates.
- **Knives Out's** dysfunctional family dynamics.