Dr. Alexandra Gladstone

Nobles gather at the country estate of the fifth earl of Dunsford, where a killer stalks the gilded halls. Each of the guests has a secret vendetta against the earl, but when he's found murdered in his bed, the lords and ladies flee, placing the blame on a servant. The village's lady doctor, Alexandra Gladstone, discovers evidence to the contrary and finds herself trapped in a web of scandal, deceit, and ghostly appearances that could cost her her life.

Villagers in the small town of Newton-Upon-Sea in 1881 Essex are stunned by the death of a retired admiral of Her Majesty's Navy and even more shocked at the state in which he is found. Everyone is ready to assume that he took a drunken fall from a cliff, except for Dr. Alexandra Gladstone. Along with Nancy, her maid; the London barrister, Nicholas Forsythe; and her faithful dog, Zack, she will battle local authorities, morticians, and the gossip of the town in or order to learn the truth. When she does, the truth is even worse than she could ever have imagined.