{"product_id":"elder-legacies-9798218643126","title":"Elder Legacies","description":"\u003cp\u003eELDER LEGACIES, book one of a planned series, is an 85K word adult mystery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e set in 1918 America. This whodunit will resonate with readers of Susan Wittig\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert's China Bayles herbal mysteries, especially QUEEN ANNE'S LACE, and MRS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJEFFRIES VICTORIAN MYSTERY series by Emily Brightwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally from Scotland, Thomasina 'Tommie' Dubois at 24 finds herself a WWI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewidow. With the assistance of her16-year-old African American apprentice, Nell Fisher, Tommie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eowns and runs a tearoom and apothecary in her inherited Victorian home. The bedroom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommunity of New Babylon, situated near the nation's capital, appears to be a sleepy village but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit holds dark secrets harking back to the days of slavery, as Tommie discovers when her boarder, Clarence Patterson, is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efound dead in his room. Has the deadly influenza raging across the globe struck, as the doctor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehastily declares? This appears likely--- until Nell is abducted. A reluctant and inexperienced sleuth, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTommie rises to the challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInitially Tommie's greatest wish is to be mistress of a traditional home filled with family and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehomemaking modeled after MRS. BEETON'S BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictorian Martha Stewart. Tommie clings to the book's promises of orderly habits resulting in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eguaranteed happiness despite all evidence to the contrary. Ever optimistic and sometimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomically naïve, Tommie tries to make her way in a man's world and finds she may have more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein common with the rabble-rousing suffragists than with Mrs. Beeton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17738571\"\u003eLeenie Hobbie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pressing Matters (Arlene Hobbie)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218643126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022100\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Amateur Sleuth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022040\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Women Sleuths\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pressing Matters (Arlene Hobbie)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48456982397165,"sku":"9798218643126","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_48388ff0-e296-4324-ad3d-b3e8fc8dc378.jpg?v=1753574730","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/elder-legacies-9798218643126","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}