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Marble Hall Murders
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Chapters 1-14Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide discusses death, graphic violence, illness, substance use, addiction, and death by suicide.
Chapter 1 Summary: “A New Start”
Susan Ryeland considers the endings of books she’s loved. She hoped for a happy ending with her boyfriend Andreas, but she disliked living in Crete. After working remotely from there as a freelance editor for Causton Books, she moved back to London, where Causton is located. Her sister, Katie, convinces Susan to adopt a cat, which she names Hugo.
Michael Flynn, Susan’s boss at Causton, calls and asks her to come into the office to talk about a new project in the Atticus Pund series.
Chapter 2 Summary: “To Be Continued”
Susan walks into Causton Books, mentally contrasting it with her former publishing house, Cloverleaf. She asks Michael if he will hire her full-time. He might if the Atticus Pund novel goes well. Atticus was invented by Alan Conway, who wrote nine successful novels in the series. However, Alan was pushed off the tower of his home by Charles, the former head of Cloverleaf. Michael wants a different writer to continue the series because Alan’s partner, James, gave Causton permission to use Atticus.
Michael has the first 30,000 words of a new Atticus novel by Eliot Crace. Eliot had a couple books published at Cloverleaf.
