Description
Reminiscent of Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie with a thoroughly likeable protagonist and a plot that held me to the end. --Mignon F. Ballard, author of the Miss Dimple Kilpatrick Mystery Series
Dying in the Wool] introduces a refreshingly complex heroine and adds a fine feeling for the postwar period. --Kirkus Reviews Take one quiet Yorkshire village Bridgestead is a peaceful spot: a babbling brook, rolling hills and a working mill at its heart. Pretty and remote, nothing exceptional happens... Add a measure of mystery Until the day that Master of the Mill Joshua Braithwaite goes missing in dramatic circumstances, never to be heard of again. A sprinkling of scandal Now Joshua's daughter is getting married and wants one last attempt at finding her father. Has he run off with his mistress, or was he murdered for his mounting coffers? And Kate Shackleton--amateur sleuth extraordinaire Kate Shackleton has always loved solving puzzles. So who better to get to the bottom of Joshua's mysterious disappearance in this charming traditional mystery by Frances Brody? But as Kate taps into the lives of the Bridgestead dwellers, she opens cracks that some would kill to keep closed...Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 01/22/2013
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781250013095
ISBN10: 1250013097
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical
About the Author
FRANCES BRODY lives in Leeds. Before turning to crime, she wrote historical sagas, winning the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin award for most regionally evocative debut saga of the millennium.