Misery Hates Company by Elizabeth Hobbs
A young woman is invited to a mysterious relative’s estate and winds up entangled in a murder investigation in this witty historical mystery that pits the gothic eeriness of Crimson Peak against the comic absurdities of Knives Out.
Miss Marigold Manners may be steeped in the etiquette of her old-money Boston family, but she is also an accomplished, modern woman and an avid student of archaeology who can handle any situation with poise. When the death of her parents leaves her too destitute to pursue her academic career and she receives a letter from a distant relative on Great Misery Island, Marigold decides she must do what any person of superior sense and greater-than-average curiosity would: she mounts her trusty bicycle and heads up the craggy, fog-shrouded coast of New England for a date with fate.
Marigold arrives at Hatchet Farm, a moldering, gothic pile of a house inhabited by relatives so mired in the sins of the past, they have no future. She sets out to modernize the recluses with a brisk, ruthless efficiency, but her well-intentioned plans to manage their lives lead to malice—and murder. Marigold spies a body floating in the stormy waters surrounding the island, and her suspicions immediately turn to her hostile, weapon-wielding relatives when one of the local girls turns up missing. And she might not be the only one.
When another dead body is found in the garden of the estate, Marigold finds herself accused. She must enlist the help of an eccentric, colorful cast of friends and found family to save herself—and everything she holds dear. As secrets are uncovered and lies exposed, the question of “who done it?” turns into “who didn’t do it?” and Marigold must face a truth that shatters her steely poise and shakes her very sense of self.
- File Name:misery-hates-company-by-elizabeth-hobbs.epub
- Original Title:Misery Hates Company
- Creator:Elizabeth Hobbs
- Language:en-US
- Identifier:9781639109746
- Publisher:CROOKED LANE BOOKS
- File Size:1.076 MB
Table of Content
- 1. Cover
- 2. Title Page
- 3. Dedication
- 4. Prologue
- 5. Chapter 1
- 6. Chapter 2
- 7. Chapter 3
- 8. Chapter 4
- 9. Chapter 5
- 10. Chapter 6
- 11. Chapter 7
- 12. Chapter 8
- 13. Chapter 9
- 14. Chapter 10
- 15. Chapter 11
- 16. Chapter 12
- 17. Chapter 13
- 18. Chapter 14
- 19. Chapter 15
- 20. Chapter 16
- 21. Chapter 17
- 22. Chapter 18
- 23. Chapter 19
- 24. Chapter 20
- 25. Chapter 21
- 26. Chapter 22
- 27. Chapter 23
- 28. Chapter 24
- 29. Chapter 25
- 30. Chapter 26
- 31. Chapter 27
- 32. Chapter 28
- 33. Chapter 29
- 34. Chapter 30
- 35. Chapter 31
- 36. Chapter 32
- 37. Chapter 33
- 38. Chapter 34
- 39. Chapter 35
- 40. Chapter 36
- 41. Chapter 37
- 42. Chapter 38
- 43. Chapter 39
- 44. Chapter 40
- 45. Chapter 41
- 46. Chapter 42
- 47. Chapter 43
- 48. Chapter 44
- 49. Chapter 45
- 50. Chapter 46
- 51. Chapter 47
- 52. Chapter 48
- 53. Chapter 49
- 54. Epilogue
- 55. Author Note
- 56. Acknowledgments
- 57. Author Biography
- 58. Copyright