I really like it when mystery novels start with maps, so I thought I’d start this mystery off with one, too.
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Dramatis Personae
Annabelle: Sir Adam’s second wife.
Bruce: Sir Adam’s secretary.
Cecil: Sir Adam’s old friend and tenant.
Dr. Daniel: Sir Adam’s friend and physician.
Eli: Engaged to Sir Adam’s daughter Ingrid.
Freddie: Sir Adam’s neighbor.
Gregory: Sir Adam’s brother.
Hattie: Sir Adam’s niece.
Ingrid: Sir Adam’s daughter from his first marriage.
Josephine: Sir Adam’s mistress. Married to Freddie.
Kathy: Sir Adam’s tenant.
Leonard: Sir Adam’s solicitor.
Meghan: Sir Adam’s penniless relative; companion to Annabelle.
Ollie: Sir Adam’s gamekeeper. Also his half-brother.
Polly: Sir Adam’s neighbor. Second victim.
Quinton: The man Sir Adam wanted Ingrid to marry.
Ravi: Sir Adam’s old research partner.
Stella: Sir Adam’s neighbor. A famous mystery writer.
Timothy: Sir Adam’s old friend.
Uncle Ulric: Sir Adam’s uncle. Lived in the Elizabethan wing of Clutterbuck Court.
The Vicar: The Vicar.
Wilhelmina: Sir Adam’s neighbor. An attractive widow.
Xavier: Sir Adam’s cousin.
Yuri: A stranger at the Inn. Has business with Sir Adam.
Zoe: Sir Adam’s neighbor. Obsessed with astrology. 
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I love having maps to reference. This puts everything in perspective and its proper place. I like knowing Leonard probably walks to work, but I am particularly fond of Fred’s Wormy Orchard, lol.
I really love maps, and I find myself sort of living inside maps I’ve actually made. I mean, I have spent a surprisingly long time looking at this map, imagining the story happening on it. A really helpful creative tool, for me. From your comments, it sounds like you like doing that, too!
I do! I have loved maps since I was old enough to read them. Yours is far more detailed than my own have been, but I agree they are a great creative tool for bringing your inner worlds to life.
I think part of the reason for the detail here is that I am very excited for spring to come, and so I put in a lot of gardens. I’m wondering if I should give some sort of map key for the different types of flowers and trees and things, but on the whole I think that is probably unnecessary. I know what the various blobs mean, and when it is significant, that will come up in the text.
Love the map!
Thanks Ma!
Looking to following along
Thanks Anne!
Can’t wait.
Hey Stuart! Thanks!
Good gracious, how did I miss the map up until now?! This is magnificent and will put everything in its place.
Hey Anne! Thanks! Maybe I should link to it every now and then in my posts…
Maps make the mystery. Well, not really, but they are delightful. And yours is wonderful. Fred’s Wormy Orchard – you bet I want to know what’s happening there.
I love mysteries with maps in them.
Thanks! I’m glad you like it. 🙂
I really, really enjoy making maps for my stories. And it is great to have an excuse to make it all fancy. Usually, my maps are just big penciled scribbles on poster board.