A Lingering Shadow: an Arabella Stewart Historical Mystery Stewart Historical Mysteries Book

A resort on the brink of closure. A dead guest on opening day. Looks like Arabella Stewart must resume her role as amateur sleuth to solve the case.Several months after arriving home from her service during the Great War, Bella’s goals are saving her family’s resort and boosting her hometown, both of which suffered during the war and flu pandemic. Opening day of the summer season begins with optimism but ends with a murder.Eager to solve the crime quickly and avoid negative publicity for the resort, Bella resolves to find the killer. Constable Jackson Hastings, plagued by guilt and doubt from the past, plans to keep her at arm’s length. Bella is nothing if not persistent, and Jax finds keeping a barrier between them increasingly difficult.As Bella and Jax pursue answers, they confront lingering shadows over the suspects, the victim, the resort, the town, and themselves.