Brimming with intrigue, Tessa Arlen's Death of an Unsung Hero brings more secrets and more charming descriptions of the English countryside to the wonderful Lady Montfort and Mrs. Jackson series (available March 13, 2018). In the summer of 1916—while the Great War rages on across the Channel in France—Lady Montfort opens her dower house to…
Brimming with intrigue, Tessa Arlen's Death of an Unsung Hero brings more secrets and more charming descriptions of the English countryside to the wonderful Lady Montfort and Mrs. Jackson series (available March 13, 2018). In 1916, the world is at war and the energetic Lady Montfort has persuaded her husband to offer his family’s dower…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we kept warm with great February cozies; this month, welcome spring with killer March reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read next! Like this…
Filled with deceptions both real and imagined, Death Sits Down to Dinner by Tessa Arlen is a delightful Edwardian mystery set in London. In anticipation of the fourth book in the Lady Montfort Mystery series, Death of an Unsung Hero (available March 13, 2018), get a digital copy of Tessa Arlen's second in the series,…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, Tessa Arlen released a new Lady Montfort historical mystery, and Christobel Kent published a gripping new psychological thriller that…
A Death by Any Other Name is the 3rd book in the Lady Montfort Mystery series (available March 14, 2017). The elegant Lady Montfort and her redoubtable housekeeper Mrs. Jackson's services are called upon after a cook is framed and dismissed for poisoning a guest of the Hyde Rose Society. Promising to help her regain…
In anticipation of the release of A Death by Any Other Name by Tessa Arlen—the 3rd book in the Lady Montfort Mysteries series (available March 14, 2017)—get a digital copy of the 2nd book in the series, Death Sits Down to Dinner, for only $2.99 through March 6! Lady Montfort is thrilled to receive an…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we offered some great books to get out of the snow with February's releases; this month, welcome in spring with March's amazing new cozies! Let us know in the comments how you like it and…
We here at Criminal Element love cozies. They provide laughter and mirth—sleuths drawn with such heart and conviction that you feel like they're your friends, and plot twists that take your brain in a different direction with each read. So we're excited to see the first edition of Cozy Case Files, a free sampler of…
Death Sits Down to Dinner by Tessa Arlen is the 2nd installment of the Lady Montfort Mystery Series where a dinner party of London's elites turns deadly and Lady Montfort and Mrs. Jackson must find the killer before he strikes again (Available March 29, 2016). Lady Montfort is thrilled to receive an invitation to a…
