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A Rather Peculiar Poisoning by Chrystal Schleyer

A Rather Peculiar Poisoning

A Novel

Chrystal Schleyer

Park Row Books · Print & ebook · September 2, 2025

A celebration at a turn-of-the-century manor takes a deadly twist, and everyone becomes a suspect.

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Who it’s for
A clean, clever mystery with a suspicious death and just enough family tension.
Genres
Historical Mystery, Cozy Mysteries, Historical Romance
Published
Park Row Books, September 2, 2025

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About this book

A celebration at a turn-of-the-century manor takes a deadly twist, and everyone becomes a suspect. Twin brothers Easton and Weston are both in love with their childhood best friend Eloise. But headstrong Eloise prefers the younger brother, Wes, which is why she is heartbroken when, unexpectedly, Wes proposes to an heiress, and Eloise finds herself engaged to Easton—the twin she cannot stand. Then, during a week of celebration, Wes is poisoned.

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Murmurs of nightshade slip through the manor, and everyone seems to have a motive. Was it Della Drewitt—the heiress reluctant to marry Wes? Or did Easton decide killing his brother was the only way to secure Eloise’s affections? Or was it the housemaid Violet, Wes’s previous lover? As guests turn into suspects, attempts to kill Wes become more relentless than the storms churning the estate—who wants him dead, and why?

Peculiar Appeal

A clean, clever mystery with a suspicious death and just enough family tension.

Come here for

  • cozy mystery momentum
  • amateur-sleuth casework

Expect

  • murder, suspense
  • women detectives

Where it sits

Historical Mystery63%
Cozy Mysteries41%
Historical Romance38%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • 20th-Century Historical Fiction
  • Mystery
  • British Mystery
  • Historical Mystery
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  • Cozy Mysteries
  • Gothic Romance
  • Historical Romance
Authors
Chrystal Schleyer
Publisher
Park Row Books
Published
September 2, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
20th-Century Historical Fiction