MURDER IN MARTINDALE is book nine in Marilyn Clay's popular JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES. When clever young sleuth Miss Juliette Abbott is invited to spend a fortnight at Martindale Manor as companion to a young blind girl whose father has suddenly passed away, she believes she has been offered the perfect respite from murder and mayhem in the tiny hamlet of Martindale in England's far-away North Country. Told that the girl’s brother and heir, Sir James Martindale, is even now on his way home, Miss Abbott and her trusted maid Tilda set out in high spirits for their four-day journey north. However, upon arriving in Cumbria, Juliette is shocked to learn that the murders have already begun! Miss Martindale’s father did not simply pass away; the man was viciously murdered! What’s worse, Juliette soon begins to suspect that the late Sir Robert’s killer, the very man who arrived at Martindale Manor proclaiming to be the long lost heir is not the person he claims to be! Readers will identify the villain at once . . . but the questions swirling around the hated man’s actions remain hidden from view until Miss Abbott bravely takes on the task of ferreting out the reasons why the stranger seems intent upon doing away with any and everyone who dares dispute his claim as heir. Poor blind Miss Martindale is of no help, so it falls to our clever sleuth Miss Abbott to keep Miss Martindale’s presence a secret from the man claiming to be her brother. Even as the dead bodies pile up, Juliette learns that her name now sits at the top of the ruthless killer’s list! Although she summons help, she wonders if her trusted friend Mr. Sheridan will arrive in time to save them all from the killer’s trap? “A tension-filled page turner! This strong plot will keep readers glued to their chairs in order to see how the pieces of the puzzle fit together.” –Red River Reviews “I sat up late reading this book because I simply could not put it down! Highly recommended!”– P. C. Five Star Mysteries. "A highly entertaining British mystery series with skillful plots, quirky characters and clever dialogue." – A. Halston. All nine titles in Marilyn Clay's JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES are available from most online booksellers in both print and Ebook. Each story can be read as a stand-alone, but to begin with the first book in the series is recommended. Previous titles in the JULIETTE ABBOTT REGENCY MYSTERY SERIES include (in order) MURDER AT MORLAND MANOR, MURDER IN MAYFAIR, MURDER IN MARGATE, MURDER AT MEDLEY PARK, MURDER IN MIDDLEWYCH, MURDER IN MAIDSTSONE, MURDER AT MONTFORD HALL, MURDER ON MARSH LANE and now MURDER IN MARTINDALE. Look for Book 10 in the series, MURDER AT MARLEY CHASE, coming in late 2022. All of author Marilyn Clay's Juliette Abbott Regency Mysteries are clean, wholesome and suitable for teen readers. None of Marilyn Clay's Regency or historical suspense novels contain violent murder scenes, offensive language, or explicit situations. You will also enjoy Marilyn Clay's award-winning Colonial Jamestown Historical Suspense Novels, DECEPTIONS (originally released in hardcover and reprinted in Ebook as DANGEROUS DECEPTIONS); SECRETS & LIES (originally released in hardcover and reprinted in Ebook as DANGEROUS SECRETS, and A PETTICOAT AND LAMBSKIN GLOVES), and BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY, available from Amazon in print and from most online ebook retailers in Ebook format. Respected REGENCY period historian Marilyn Clay has authored over two-dozen books, many translated to foreign languages and all available worldwide.

Thomas Martindale, a journalism professor, is enjoying the first day of his summer vacation on the Oregon coast. He has brought with him the active curiosity and investigative abilities that often get him into situations most people would ignore. When he is invited to brunch at the home of an old friend, she confides that someone may be trying to kill her. The next night, that fear is realized when Tom finds her body at a nearby lighthouse. Tom immediately sets out to find her killer, using clues from a manuscript his friend gave him for review. Have the incidents during World War II, described in the manuscript, caused her death? Did they reveal secrets about someone--someone who feared their consequences if they were revealed? As he has in the past, Tom seeks help from his former lover, a State Police officer She has gotten him out of many tight spots in the past. But his determination to solve the murder puts him in great danger from unexpected sources--especially when he is finally confronted on a suspension bridge high above the swirling waters of Yaquina Bay.

The high stakes game of university recruiting and a scandal involving athletes form the centerpiece of Ron Lovell's new Thomas Martindale mystery, Lights, Camera . Murder. Martindale is acting as the liaison between the university and a video production company to prepare a series of television advertisements to attract new students. When one of his young students is murdered, Martindale goes on the trail of her killer. Along the way, he uncovers a scandal involving the recruitment of black football players. He also encounters the wife of a coach who will stop at nothing to get young men into her bed and keep her exploits secret. More campus-oriented than the two previous novels in the Martindale series, Murder at Yaquina Head and Dead Whales Tell No Tales, Lights, Camera . Murder also skewers the committee system that dominates most universities and reveals the amusing--and often tedious--day-to-day world of the classroom. As always, Martindale's search for the killer puts him in danger in some unlikely places: the steam tunnels running under campus, an isolated covered bridge, and the high cliffs behind an isolated inn above the churning Pacific Ocean. Ron Lovell had a career as a magazine writer in New York, Denver, Houston, and Los Angeles before joining the journalism staff at Oregon State University. The author of thirteen textbooks and hundreds of magazine article writes full-time in Gleneden Beach, Oregon. Sunstone Press published his first two novels in the Thomas Martindale Series in 2002 and 2003.

A journalism professor investigates a murder at Yaquina Head Lighthouse.

The high stakes game of university recruiting and a scandal involving black athletes form the centerpiece of this mystery novel. College professor and amateur sleuth Thomas Martindale is acting as the liaison between the university and a video production company to prepare a series of TV ads. When one of his students is killed, he hunts for her killer. In the process he uncovers the scandal and encounters the wife of a coach who will stop at nothing to keep her exploits secret.

Shocking secrets within the unpublished WWII memoir of a murdered professor sets Thomas Martindale on the trail of a killer. Will he be next? Oregon University Journalism professor and amateur sleuth, Thomas Martindale, is enjoying a summer vacation on the tranquil Oregon coast. During a brunch at the home of elderly friend, Simone Godard, he happily agrees to read her unpublished memoir. But when she reveals her fears that someone is trying to kill her, Tom is pulled into a tale of deceit that spans back to World War II. The following day, Simone's fears are realized when Tom discovers her body at Yaquina Head lighthouse. Determined to unmask her killer, Tom looks for clues in her manuscript, which details Simone's participation in the French Resistance movement along with far more shocking secrets. As the truth unravels, Martindale finds himself above the swirling waters of Yaquina Bay, face-to-face with those who will do anything to keep the past hidden.

Martindale is acting as the liaison between the university and a video production company to prepare a series of television advertisements to attract new students. When one of his young students is murdered, Martindale goes on the trail of her killer uncovering a scandal that may get him killed.