About

Allen Lockridge writes mysteries set in the space between what happened and what the official record says happened — country houses where the silver has been counted before the body is cold, villages where silence is a civic agreement, and families whose reputations depend on nobody asking the wrong question.

The Clara Hart Mystery Series follows a former war nurse through 1920s England. Clara has no badge, no title, and no authority beyond a trained eye and the stubborn conviction that the truth, written down, outlasts every arrangement the powerful make to bury it. Her cases are solved not with weapons or dramatics, but with observation, documentation, and the testimony of people others have learned to overlook.

Perfect for readers who love Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Richard Osman, and mysteries where the atmosphere is as important as the answer.

Murder at Ashgrove Hall is the first book in the series. The Coroner's Inquest is the second. More books are coming.