Rosalind Harrington thought returning to Montrose Manor would mean fulfilling one final request.
She never expected to uncover a mystery that had been waiting for her.
On a fading autumn afternoon, Rosalind arrives at the estate she once knew as home. She has been summoned by Lady Beatrice Montrose, whose dying wishes carry an urgency Rosalind cannot ignore. But the moment she enters the great house, she senses that something is wrong.
The manor is quieter than she remembers.
Its inhabitants are guarded.
And certain questions seem to make everyone uncomfortable.
Then Rosalind discovers a cryptic letter.
A woman has vanished.
And an old scandal—one that has haunted the Montrose family for generations—begins to emerge from the shadows.
What first appears to be a family matter quickly becomes something far more complicated. Rosalind finds herself navigating a world in which reputation is prized above honesty and appearances are carefully constructed to conceal uncomfortable truths.
Every person at Montrose Manor seems to have something to hide.
Rosalind, however, is not easily discouraged.
A widow with intelligence, intuition, and a quiet courage, she begins asking questions that others would prefer remain unanswered. Her investigation draws the attention of Inspector Dexter Cross, a charismatic and perceptive investigator whose presence brings both assistance and complications.
Together with Mrs. Lumsden, Lady Beatrice’s fiercely loyal companion and caretaker, Rosalind follows a trail of clues through the estate.
There are coded messages whose meaning remains elusive.
There are hidden passages concealed behind the respectable architecture of the manor.
There are secret meetings conducted away from prying eyes.
And there is Lord Harold Montrose, whose connection to the family’s troubled history may be more significant than Rosalind first suspects.
With every discovery, another piece of the past falls into place.
But the truth has been buried for a reason.
The deeper Rosalind goes, the more she realizes that someone has worked very carefully to preserve the Montrose family’s secrets. And if those secrets are exposed, reputations, inheritances, relationships—and perhaps lives—could be destroyed.
Now Rosalind must determine whom she can trust before the person protecting the past decides to silence her.
Set in and around London at the turn of the century, A House of Silent Lies is an atmospheric classic Victorian cozy mystery filled with manor-house intrigue, hidden histories, coded letters, family deception, and a determined heroine who refuses to accept convenient explanations.
For readers who enjoy elegant estates, aristocratic mysteries, clever women, enigmatic investigators, and secrets hidden behind respectable doors, Montrose Manor promises a compelling journey into a world where nothing is quite as it appears.
The house has stood for generations.
Its secrets have survived for a century.
But Rosalind Harrington intends to uncover them all.
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