Silent in the Sanctuary - Deanna Raybourn - Lady Julia Grey and Nicholas Brisbane - Book 2 - Mira Suspsense - January/08

Backcover Synopsis - Fresh from a six-month sojourn in Italy, Lady Julia returns home to Sussex to find her father's estate crowded with family and friends--but dark deeds are afoot at the deconsecrated abbey, and a murderer roams the cloisters.

Much to her surprise, the one man she had hoped to forget--the enigmatic and compelling Nicholas Brisbane--is among her father's houseguests and he is not alone.  Not to be outdone Julia show him that two can play at flirtation and promptly introduces him to her devoted, younger, titled Italian count.

But the homecoming celebrations quickly take a ghastly turn when one of the guests is found brutally murdered in the chapel, and a member of Lady Julia's own family confesses to the crime.  Certain of her cousin's innocence, Lady Julia resumes her unlikely and deliciously intriguing partnership with Nicholas Brisbane, setting out to unravel a tangle of deceit before the killer can strike again,  Whe a sudden snowstorm blankets the abbey like a shroud, it falls to Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane to answer the shriek of murder most foul.

Personal Opinion- As in the last book, this book has more than one mystery to untangle and a murderer to discover.  It is very  well-written and provides many red herrings so that it is difficult to tell who the real culprits are.  It is not until the end that all is made clear.  I enjoyed this book as much as the first one and am now waiting for the next.