The Missing Heiress (The Detective Lavender Series) - Hardcover

Charlton, Karen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1908483709 ISBN 13: 9781908483706

Publisher: Knox Robinson Publishing Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Northumberland, November 1809. A menacing figure stalks women through Hareshaw Woods. When Helen Carnaby, a beautiful young heiress, disappears from her locked bedchamber, everyone fears the worst. The townsfolk cry “witchcraft” and the local constabulary are baffled. Detective Stephen Lavender and Constable Woods now face their toughest and most dangerous assignment. Lavender and Woods are alarmed to discover a sinister, murderous world of madness, violence, and secrets lurking behind the heavy oak door of the ancient pele tower at Linn Hagh. Why did Helen Carnaby flee on that wintry October night? Hindered by Helen’s uncooperative siblings, distracted by gypsies, rebellious farmers, highwaymen, and an attractive and feisty Spanish senora, Helen Carnaby’s disappearance is to prove one of the most perplexing mysteries of Lavender’s career. Set in the beautiful market town of Bellingham, The Missing Heiress is the first in a planned series of Regency whodunits featuring Detective Lavender and Constable Woods.

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Review:

Praise for Karen Charlton's 'Catching the Eagle' - "Told with gritty realism, Catching The Eagle is a suspense-filled page-turner, which spares nothing in its descriptions of the hardships and injustices suffered by the poor at the turn of the 19th century. Its ending leaves the reader poised perfectly for the next volume - for which I can hardly wait." --- Kathy Stevenson, The Daily Mail "It is a rollicking tale full of adultery, drinking, fighting, gambling. Rich imagery, suspense and some genuinely likeable characters - as well as plenty of murky ones --- make this an enjoyable read. Karen is particularly strong at capturing the Geordie dialect and recreating the rural Northumbrian world of the 1800s, where the wealthy lived in comfort and the poor struggled to make ends meet." - --Laura Fraine, Culture magazine, 'The Journal' (Newcastle)

About the Author:

Karen Charlton grew up in Sheffield and Leeds. She completed an English degree at Hull University. After a few years of roaming between various jobs in Harrogate, Ripon, and Scarborough she finally settled in Teesside. She completed a postgraduate teaching certificate at Durham University. Since then, she has combined a teaching job at a Stockton secondary school with her writing and raising her own pair of “little villains.” The Regency Reivers Series is based on the true story of her family’s notorious ancestor, Jamie Charlton.

About this edition

• Publisher: Knox Robinson Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1908483709
• ISBN 13: 9781908483706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 376