A neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor, Jo Jones, taking possession of a possibly haunted family estate in North Yorkshire, finds herself at the center of a murder investigation when the groundskeeper is found dead and a family portrait goes missing, and to clear her name, she must unearth the town's secrets--and her own.

Glass key: "Ed Beaumont ... is the loyal right-hand man of Paul Madvig ..., a slightly corrupt politician who is accused of murder"--Container. Phantom lady: "Carol Richman ... attempts to clear her boss ... of a murder he did not commit"--Container. Blue dahlia: "A WWII veteran ... is accused of killing his unfaithful wife and races against time to find the real murderer with the help of a sympathetic stranger"--Container.

Sleeping murder: When Giles and Gwenda Reed move into their dream house in a seaside resort Gwenda is haunted by the vision of a body in the hall. Miss Marple uses her keen intuition to solve the murder of Gwenda's stepmother that took place in the house while Gwenda was living there during her childhood 4:50 from Paddington: On her way to visit Miss Marple, Elspeth McGillicuddy glimpses a man strangling a woman on a passing trainches Police fail...

In 1804 New York, Eliza Hamilton, the grieving widow of Alexander Hamilton, turns to selling her handmade lace, which draws her into a mysterious network of widow lacemakers who help her piece together the truth about her husband's political affairs as witnesses to his deadly duel are being killed one by one.