Bones In The Blackout

Murder in Haunted Cornwall

On the eve of World War II, Dr. Benjamin Bones is at war with himself. While most young men are being sent away to fight the Germans, Ben is chosen to serve on English soil. Ordered to move to wild, beautiful Cornwall, he must trade his posh London office and stylish city life for the tiny village of Birdswing, population 1,221 souls. But leaving his home and shelving his career ambitions aren't the only sacrifices facing Ben. His unfaithful wife, Penny, is accompanying him to Cornwall in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage. But moments after their arrival, Penny is run down in the street, and Ben is almost fatally injured. While the villagers believe Penny's death to be an accident, Ben quickly deduces it was murder.

As he convalesces in Fenton House, which the locals call haunted, Ben meets Birdswing's eccentric inhabitants. Mr. Gaston, the volunteer air warden, obsessed with defending his remote village against Nazi spies; Mrs. Cobblepot, a thoroughly practical housekeeper who believes in fairies; and Lady Juliet, a prickly, headstrong aristocrat who won't take no for an answer. While adapting to life during Britain's "War at Home," a time of ration books, victory gardens, bomb shelters, and the Blackout, Ben sets about solving the mystery of Penny's murder--with a little help from the Fenton House ghost.

Previously published as MARRIAGE CAN BE MURDER

Emma Jameson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Lord & Lady Hetheridge cozy mystery series. Book #1, ICE BLUE, Book #2, BLUE MURDER, Book #3, SOMETHING BLUE, Book #4, BLACK & BLUE, Book #5, BLUE BLOODED, Book #6, BLUE CHRISTMAS and Book #7, UNTRUE BLUE, are available now. Book #8 is in the planning stages.

In partnership with digital publisher extraordinaire BOOKOUTURE, Emma created the Jem Jago cozy mystery series. Book 1, A DEATH AT SEASCAPE HOUSE, Book 2, A DEATH AT CANDLEWICK CASTLE, and Book 3, A DEATH AT SILVERSMITH BAY, are available now. Book #4, A DEATH AT NEPTUNE COVE, is forthcoming.

Ms. Jameson is also the creator of amateur sleuth Dr. Benjamin Bones. Set in Cornwall during the Second World War, book #1 is BONES IN THE BLACKOUT, book #2 is BONES AT THE MANOR HOUSE, and book #3 is BONES TAKES A HOLIDAY. The fourth book in the series will be called BONES BURIED DEEP.

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