Death at the Manor's New Year | A Detective Story

Welcome to Hadleigh Manor on New Year's Eve, where the champagne is cold, the fireworks are waiting — and an old grudge has been waiting far longer … A house party on the last night of the year. A family reunited after eleven years of estrangement. Colonel Rupert Ashby-Fenwick arrives with a secret he means to set right — and never lives to see the midnight bells. As the fireworks burst over the snow-covered gardens, he falls dead on the terrace, his champagne glass shattering at his feet. Everyone assumes his heart gave out. But Miss Marple, knitting quietly by the window, noticed the Colonel's glass standing unattended on the balustrade, the small absence before midnight, the tin of arsenic missing from the gardener's shed. In a house full of old wounds and new smiles, the new year begins with a murder — and only one quiet observer understands where the real danger has been hiding all along. Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:55 – The Guests Arrive 00:10:13 – Old Wounds, New Smiles 00:19:29 – The Stroke of Midnight 00:28:15 – A Shattered Glass 00:37:45 – Threads in the Snow 00:58:12 – What the New Year Uncovered About the Story: Little Hadleigh, New Year's Eve. Hadleigh Manor opens its doors for the first time since Sir Aldous Fenwick's death, and Miss Marple is among the guests. But the party has not been assembled for gaiety alone — Colonel Ashby-Fenwick, estranged from the family for eleven years, has returned to set old wrongs right. As the clock strikes midnight and the fireworks blaze over the frozen gardens, he dies suddenly on the terrace. The police suspect heart failure. Miss Marple knows better. The clues are small and quiet: a glass left unattended, a tin of arsenic missing from the shed, a young woman's tears, an old lady's terrible loyalty to a dead brother's memory. In a house where everyone has a secret, the truth belongs to the person no one thought to watch. For Fans of: Miss Marple, Agatha Christie, New Year's Eve mysteries, English country house parties, cosy crime, classic detective fiction, audiobooks for winter evenings. If you enjoyed this story, please like, subscribe, and tell me in the comments which mystery you'd like Miss Marple to solve next! #MissMarple #Audiobook #Mystery #AgathaChristie #Whodunit #DetectiveStory #EnglishAudiobook #JaneMarple #NewYearsEve #CountryHouseMystery #CosyMystery #ClassicMystery #Fireworks #Arsenic #RelaxingAudiobook #SleepStory #FanFiction ⚖️ Disclaimer (Fair Use): This is an unofficial, fan-created story based on the character of Miss Marple, created by Agatha Christie. All rights to the original characters and works belong to their respective rights holders. This audiobook is for entertainment purposes only and is not part of the official Agatha Christie series. No copyright infringement is intended. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.