MURDER IN MAIDSTONE is Book 6 in best-selling author Marilyn Clay's popular Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series.

Upon arriving at Maidstone Manor to begin her next assignment, Miss Abbott and her maid Tilda are stunned to find that a gentleman on the estate has only just been found face down in the knot garden, and that the killer absconded with the dead man's clothing!

When Miss Abbott learns that another suitor to one of the Wentworth daughters of Maidstone Manor disappeared a few days earlier, as did the former owners of the manor house, it is abundantly clear to Juliette that this assignment will not go any smoother than her previous ones have. Her only relief is that these murders cannot be laid at her feet!

She soon begins to suspect that Lord Wentworth and his sons are also guilty of smuggling, but wonders how to prove the many charges without putting her own life in danger. When the intrepid Miss Abbott does, indeed, begin to dig for the truth, she stumbles onto yet other matter that seems off-kilter but, again does not know how safely expose the guilty parties. When her dear friend Mr. Sheridan suddenly appears, incognito, Juliette at last draws an easy breath, until she learns that the killer has no intention of looking the other way! The twists and turns in this newest Juliette Abbott Regency mystery will keep readers guessing until the final explosive scene.

In the tradition of Stephanie Barron, Carola Dunn and Jane Austen, Marilyn Clay's Regency mystery novels contain no strong language or violence and are suitable for teen readers. If you enjoy the Regency mystery novels of Sheri Cobb South, Ashley Gardner, and Heidi Ashworth, you'll enjoy Marilyn Clay's traditional, clean, and always amusing Regency-set mysteries.

Other titles in the Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series are MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MURDER AT MARGATE, MURDER AT MEDLEY PARK, MURDER IN MIDDLEWYCH, MURDER AT MAIDSTONE, MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL, MURDER ON MARSH LANE, MURDER IN MARTINDALE, and book 10 in the series, MURDER AT MARLEY CHASE, all now available in both print and Ebook from major online booksellers; and in audio from Google Books online. Watch for MURDER IN THE MERRYTON MEWS coming in late 2024.

Best-selling author MARILYN CLAY has also written numerous Regency romances, all originally published in print and now as ebooks and in audio from Google. Among them are The Wrong Miss Fairfax, Felicity's Folly, Bewitching Lord Winterton, Miss Darby's Debut, Hyde Park Spectacle, Miss Eliza's Gentleman Caller, Brighton Beauty, A Pretty Puzzle, The Uppity Earl, and The Unsuitable Suitor.

Be sure to look for all of Marilyn Clay's historical suspense novels, DECEPTIONS, SECRETE AND LIES, A PETTICOAT AND LAMBSKIN GLOVES, BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY, and STALKING A KILLER, a contemporary murder mystery, all available in Ebook and print from major online booksellers!