A History of Murder: A 1920s Historical Mystery

Penelope may hold the key to a twenty year old murder! New York 1927 (and 1907) Penelope Prescott (née Banks) is happily settled into motherhood and has temporarily set aside her career as a private investigator—until an unexpected visitor pulls her back into the world of mystery and murder. Henrietta Pope appears with a letter that upends everything Penelope thought she knew about a decades-old crime. Twenty years earlier, Henrietta’s father, Lawrence Pope, was believed to have been killed in a Central Park mugging. But the anonymous letter claims otherwise—his death was no random attack, but a calculated murder committed by a fellow guest after one of the infamous dinner parties hosted by Penelope’s mother. With her unique ability to recall even the smallest details, Penelope finds herself drawn back to that night in 1907. As she pieces together her memories and new information gathered from the guests—all potential suspects—she will uncover which of them carried a deadly secret, and ensure that justice, even decades later, is finally served. A History of Murder is the sixteenth book in the Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries series. Join Penelope as she unravels a twenty-year-old crime hidden within the shadows of New York’s high society.