Murder Has No Class

by Kate Kingsbury and Rebecca Kent

Book Overview

Lord Stalham has claimed innocence in the murder of his father, even after they've hanged him. Now Stalham's ghost is haunting Meredith Llewellyn. The headmistress needs her sleep, so she sets out for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425232077
• ISBN13: 9780425232071
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.1" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Classy Ending

Meredith Llewellyn has her hands full as headmistress of the Bellehaven Finishing School for Young Ladies trying to teach her female students proper manners, as well as making sure her assistant, Roger Platt, keeps his hands off said students. The last thing she needs or wants is a visit from a ghost who wants her to solve a murder, but that is just what happens when the ghost of Lord James Stalham appears to her. Stalham was accused of murdering his father and hanged for the crime but the more his ghost visits Meredith the more she becomes convinced of his innocence. Now, Meredith has even more work on her hands as he tries to not only solve the murder, but deal with a couple of housemaids who are determined to be suffragettes and a school full of girls who don't always behave as they should. "Murder Has No Class is the third, and unfortunately last, book in Rebecca Kent's (a.k.a. Kate Kingsbury) delightful Bellehaven cozy mystery series. It is a shame really, because I thought this was the strongest book of the series as Kent seemed really comfortable with the characters at this point. As she did in the Pennyfoot Hotel and Manor House mysteries, Kent/Kingsbury populates the book with strong female characters - Meredith, her fellow teachers Felicity and Essie, and housemaids Olivia and Grace (Olivia more than Grace). Because this is the last book in the series Kent able to put in the book a few things about Felicity and Essie that helps explain why they sometimes act the way they do, which helps make them stronger characters. I even found myself accepting a possible Meredith/Stuart Hamilton romance - something I wasn't fond of in the two previous books. Besides the rich character development in the book there is a wonderful sense of humor throughout the book and readers will eagerly look forward to the events at dart tournament. The mystery and paranormal elements are well done and readers will be surprised and somewhat saddened when the killer is revealed. Murder has no class is the excellently done final book in an all too short, cozy mystery series. The first two books in the series are High Marks for Murder: A Bellehaven House Mystery and Finished Off (Bellehaven House Mysteries).