Murder at Morrington Hall by Clara McKenna

Murder at Morrington Hall by Clara McKenna ISBN-13: 9781496717771 Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Kensington Released: May 28, 2019

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Spring, 1905: Enjoying freedom like the Thoroughbreds she rides across the Kentucky countryside, Stella is excited to travel to England when her father agrees she can come along to attend a mysterious wedding. But once she arrives at the lush Morrington Hall estate, her cold and ambitious father confesses that he won't only give away his best racehorses as gifts--he has also 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 despite a rough start, 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.

With culture clashes mounting between families and a scandalous murder case, Stella and Lyndy must go from future spouses to amateur sleuths as they team up to search for the truth--and prevent an unbridled criminal from destroying their new life together right out of the gate...


My Review:
Murder at Morrington Hall is a mystery and romance set in 1905 in England. The characters seemed somewhat cliche--the brash, outspoken Americans and the arrogant, reserved, perfectly proper English. Much of the tension came from misunderstandings created by the culture clash. Despite this, the hero and heroine decided they're each other's best option. Seriously: He wanted a gal who's "different" and her horses and needed her money. Her father threatened to cut her off if she refused marriage plus abused her, so anyone who showed her consideration was better. The hero and heroine were enjoyable characters, though.

The first half of the book was mostly about their romance while the second half focused on collecting clues and solving the murder. It was a clue-based mystery, and whodunit was guessable though there were multiple possibilities until near the end. But I'm still baffled how a father who knew his daughter was going to object to the marriage thought that leaving her to find out about it from others the day before the ceremony was going to bring about the end he desired. There was no sex. There was some bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this interesting mystery.


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