{"title":"K B Owen","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"unseemly-ambition-book-k-b-owen-9780991236824","title":"Unseemly Ambition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's 1898, and Professor Concordia Wells has become accustomed to the frantic routine of courses, clubs, teas, and the typical student pranks at the women's collegeIf only she could avoid the cantankerous dean, Randolph Maynard, who has discovered about her prior experiences as a lady sleuthTo Concordia's chagrin, he scrutinizes her every move fo Concordia enlists the help of a former ally, Penelope Hamilton, as they hunt for the boy and unravel the mystery of his mother's murder. As they search for the child and unravel the mystery of his mother's death, Concordia finds that not even her own colleagues are above suspicion. Not knowing whom to trust at the school as she tries to avoid Dean Maynard's constant surveillance, she must tread carefullyFar more is at risk than the loved ones she strives to safeguard,  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49910718497041,"sku":"CIN0991236823G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0991236823.jpg?v=1751013019"},{"product_id":"case-of-the-runaway-girl-book-k-b-owen-9781947287006","title":"The Case of the Runaway Girl","description":"Lady detective Penelope Hamilton must navigate a labyrinth of 1880s politics, high society, and murder. On a January night in 1887, trouble comes knocking at Pinkerton detective Penelope Hamilton's door in the form of a sulky young runaway. The girl turns out to be the grandniece of an influential senator, who hires Pen to escort her and her friend from Chicago to his Washington, DC home. What seems a simple assignment takes an alarming turn when a hired thug shadows them on the train, and Pen stays on the case in Washington for the girls' safety. But in the days that follow, the senator's home is broken into, his driver goes missing, and she is pursued along dark city streets and nearly captured. Obviously, Miss Hamilton is thwarting someone's plans, and such an encumbrance must be removed. In a search for answers to keep herself and her young charges safe, Pen must tread carefully within the confines of 1880s back-room politics and business tycoons with a lot to lose, while resisting the attentions of an attractive but not-quite-reformed jewel thief who knows far too much about her. She'll need more than her lockpicks and derringer this time, if she is to save them all. THE CASE OF THE RUNAWAY GIRL is the third adventure in the CHRONICLES OF A LADY DETECTIVE series featuring 1880s Pinkerton detective Penelope Hamilton.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49995116118289,"sku":"CIN1947287001VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52757371126033,"sku":"NIN9781947287006","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1947287001.jpg?v=1750804717"},{"product_id":"unseemly-pursuits-book-k-b-owen-9780991236800","title":"Unseemly Pursuits","description":"A deadly secret that won't stay buried. It is the fall of 1896, and Miss Concordia Wells is hip-deep in the usual tumult of a lady professor's life: classes, clubs, student pranks, and the unending drama generated by the girls she lives with on campus. Complicating this normality is the new Lady Principal, whom the students have nicknamed the Ogre. The woman seems bent on making Concordia's life miserable. Events take a grave turn, however, when an ancient Egyptian amulet donated to the college mysteriously disappears, the donor is found murdered, and his daughter - Concordia's best friend - confesses to killing him. Desperate for answers, Concordia unravels a 20-year-old secret, closely guarded by men now dead. But such secrets can be dangerous for the daughters left behind, including Concordia herself. Can she make sense of the mystery that has bound together their fates, before it's too late? Absorbing in its memorable characters, non-stop plot twists, and depiction of life in a late-nineteenth century women's college, Unseemly Pursuits is the sequel to the first book in the series, Dangerous and Unseemly. Fans of Harriet Vane and Charlotte Pitt will find in Concordia Wells a new heroine to fall in love with.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369412399377,"sku":"CIN0991236807G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51153253826833,"sku":"NIN9780991236800","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0991236807.jpg?v=1751332240"},{"product_id":"beloved-and-unseemly-book-k-b-owen-9780991236879","title":"Beloved and Unseemly","description":"Change is in the air at Hartford Women's College in the fall of 1898. Renowned inventor Peter Sanbourne--working on Project Blue Arrow for the Navy--heads the school's new engineering program, and literature professor Concordia Wells prepares to leave to marry David Bradley. The new routine soon goes awry when a bludgeoned body--clutching a torn scrap of the only blueprint for Blue Arrow--is discovered on the property Concordia and David were planning to call home. To unravel the mystery that stands between them and their new life together, Concordia must navigate deadly pranks, dark secrets, and long-simmering grudges that threaten to tear apart her beloved school and leave behind an unseemly trail of bodies.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369421345041,"sku":"CIN0991236874VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0991236874.jpg?v=1751332241"},{"product_id":"never-sleep-book-k-b-owen-9780997467482","title":"Never Sleep","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50376494055697,"sku":"CIN0997467487G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51011689382161,"sku":"NIN9780997467482","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52105821520145,"sku":"CIN0997467487VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0997467487.jpg?v=1751332271"},{"product_id":"secret-of-the-forty-steps-book-k-b-owen-9781947287174","title":"The Secret of the Forty Steps","description":"Money, love, and murder in 1880s Newport high society¿Pinkerton detective Penelope Hamilton is summoned to fashionable Newport to investigate the two-year-old death of a wealthy matron. Did she fall from the Cliff Walk's Forty Steps in the middle of the night, as was presumed, or was she pushed by her much-younger husband?The case is personal this time, since the woman hiring Pen is her own mother-breaking her near-decade of silence-and the man under scrutiny is to marry Pen's cousin in a week's time.The lady detective discreetly enlists the help of a local, but the inquiry quickly unravels when he turns up dead. To make things worse, Pen's identity as a Pinkerton is uncovered by Newport's most prominent summer resident, newspaper magnate Gordon Bennett, whose complaint to her boss brings Pen's estranged husband and fellow Pinkerton, Frank Wynch, to Newport.With her cousin's wedding day nearly here and no answers yet, Pen has no choice but to accept Frank's help while dodging his romantic overtures. Nothing like a little danger to heighten an already-fraught relationship, as they work to expose a desperate adversary¿who could prove deadly to them both.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50395717370129,"sku":"CIN1947287176G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50395721171217,"sku":"CIN1947287176VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51089867112721,"sku":"NIN9781947287174","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1947287176.jpg?v=1750997645"},{"product_id":"mystery-of-schroon-lake-inn-book-k-b-owen-9780997467499","title":"The Mystery of Schroon Lake Inn","description":"Missing jewels.a haunted inn.a long-held secret. Penelope Hamilton Wynch, one of the few female operatives employed at the Pinkerton Agency in 1886, is sent to the Adirondacks to investigate the mysterious happenings at Schroon Lake Inn, newly renovated to cater to New York City's upper crust on summer holiday. Rumors of ghosts are bad enough, but when expensive jewelry disappears, the owner's livelihood is at stake. A woman's touch is needed. Pen's boss, William Pinkerton, thinks he has given her the perfect cover. She is to play the part of an eccentric spirit medium, eager to experience the purported ghostly manifestations. Unfortunately, her cover will not remain intact for long, and there are those behind the scenes who are desperate to keep the secrets of Schroon Lake Inn from coming to light. Will Pen's discoveries prove fatal? She would have to be truly clairvoyant to know.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50925692190993,"sku":"CIN0997467495G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51011875635473,"sku":"NIN9780997467499","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0997467495.jpg?v=1751398249"},{"product_id":"twelve-thieves-of-christmas-book-k-b-owen-9781947287280","title":"The Twelve Thieves of Christmas","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51052992561425,"sku":"NIN9781947287280","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1947287281.jpg?v=1751188250"},{"product_id":"case-of-the-reluctant-witness-book-k-b-owen-9781947287365","title":"The Case of the Reluctant Witness","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51115905188113,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51115908956433,"sku":"NIN9781947287365","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1947287362.jpg?v=1750869122"},{"product_id":"dangerous-and-unseemly-book-k-b-owen-9781947287150","title":"Dangerous and Unseemly","description":"An unseemly lesson.in murder. The year is 1896, and college professor Concordia Wells has her hands full: teaching classes, acting as live-in chaperone to a cottage of lively female students, and directing the student play, Macbeth. But mystery and murder are not confined to the stage, especially when the death of Concordia's sister, Mary, appears to be foul play. To make matters worse, the women's college is plagued by malicious pranks, arson, money troubles, and the apparent suicide of a college official. With her beloved school facing certain ruin, Concordia knows that she must act. As she struggles to seek justice for her sister and discover who is behind the college incidents, there are some closest to Concordia who do not appreciate the unseemly inquiries and bold actions of the young lady professor. Can she discover who is responsible.before she becomes the next target? Absorbing in its memorable characters, non-stop plot twists, and depiction of life in a late-nineteenth century women's college, Dangerous and Unseemly is a suspenseful and engaging contribution to the cozy historical mystery genre. Fans of Harriet Vane and Maisie Dobbs will find in Concordia Wells a new heroine to fall in love with. The exquisitely plotted mystery will keep you turning the pages well into the night, and the richness of the world will keep you thinking about the story long after you put it down. Janice Hamrick, award-winning author of Death Makes the Cut What a perfectly enjoyable debut  The author seamlessly works in the finely wrought historical details that make the reader feel totally at home. .truly a delight to read. I'll definitely be awaiting more adventures of the intrepid Miss Wells. Martha Powers, award winning author of Conspiracy of Silence and Death Angel","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51229349118225,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51229351379217,"sku":"NIN9781947287150","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/194728715X.jpg?v=1765446629"},{"product_id":"unseemly-fate-book-k-b-owen-9781947287082","title":"Unseemly Fate","description":"Beware of rich men bearing gifts...It's the fall of 1899 and the new Mrs. David Bradley-formerly Professor Concordia Wells of Hartford Women's College-is chafing against the hum-drum routine of domestic life.The routine is disrupted soon enough when the long-hated but wealthy patriarch of her husband's family, Isaiah Symond, returns to Hartford. His belated wedding gift is a rare catalogue by artist\/poet William Blake, to be exhibited in the college's antiquities gallery.When Symond's body is discovered in the gallery with his head bashed in and the catalogue gone, suspicion quickly turns from a hypothetical thief to the inheritors of Symond's millions-Concordia's own in-laws. She's convinced of their innocence, but the alternatives are equally distressing. The gallery curator whom she's known for years? The school's beloved handyman?Once again, unseemly fate propels Concordia into sleuthing, but she should know by now that unearthing bitter grudges and long-protected secrets to expose a murderer may land her in a fight for her life.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51229363142929,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51229365043473,"sku":"NIN9781947287082","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1947287087.jpg?v=1750804717"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-k-b-owen.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}