Bellfield Hall : Or, the Observations of Miss Dido Kent

from Renz0808

When Miss Dido Kent receives a mysterious letter from her favorite niece requesting her to come and stay at her fiance's home of Bellfield Hall on an rather urgent matter, Dido can not know what a journey the next few weeks will be. Dido's niece, Catherine, is engaged to be married to Richard Mon...

from foggidawn

When her niece Catherine's betrothal hits a strange snag, Dido Kent finds herself among a house party full of secrets. Where has Catherine's fiancé gone? What can explain the curious behavior of certain other members of the party? And who shot the unidentified woman who was found dead in the shru...

from Liabee

Perceptive and self-aware, Miss Dido Kent puzzles out a country house party murder that threatens the happiness of her niece. Wry humor, dialogue and vocabulary appropriate to the time period, well-painted sense of place and time. A charming puzzler and an interesting protagonist. A bit much with...

from puddleshark

Cosy country house mystery, set in the Regency. Partly third person narrative and partly narrated in the first person through the letters which Miss Dido Kent sends to her sister, the speech and the mindset of the characters are convincingly of the period, without any sense of over-cleverness or ...

from bookmagic

I just adore Victorian murder mysteries and this was no exception. Miss Dido Kent is a spinster who enjoys her freedom. And helping her family. This time it is her spoiled niece, Catherine who needs her help as her fiance has called off the engagement and disappeared. At first Dido thinks this ma...