The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden by Kate Saunders

The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden by Kate Saunders

'Laetitia Rodd is a warm and engaging heroine' The Times For readers of The Thursday Murder Club, M.C. Beaton and James Runcie, The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden is the charming third mystery in Kate Saunders’s series about Laetitia Rodd, the indomitable Victorian lady detective. In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were ended by a theatre fire ten years before. His great friend, and the man he rescued from the fire, Thomas Transome, has decided to leave his wife, who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs Rodd is reluctant to get involved with the scandalous world of the theatre, she cannot turn away the woman in need. She agrees to take the case. But what starts out as a simple matter of negotiation becomes complicated when a body is discovered in the burnt husk of the old theatre. Soon Mrs Rodd finds herself embroiled in family politics, rivalries that put the Capulets and Montagues to shame, and betrayals on a Shakespearean scale. Mrs Rodd will need all her investigative powers, not to mention her famous discretion, to solve the case before tragedy strikes once more. Praise for the Laetitia Rodd Mystery series: 'A witty, genteel tale of secrets, lies and hidden gold... Enormous fun' The Times 'With a well-crafted plot, an engaging protagonist, and astute nods to the literature and theological squabbles of the period, this is a perfect novel for a summer afternoon' Guardian 'A Dickensian glow pervades this immensely satisfying novel. Hugely enjoyable' James Runcie, author of the 'Grantchester Mysteries' 'Pure delight' Sunday Times

Never less than compelling.. A popular series in the making -- Daily Mail
Victorian England’s answer to Miss Marple … The story, which exposes a hornets’ nest of secrets and lies within a single family, rivals Nordic noir for the darkness at its heart. Yet the way Saunders tells the tale is as refined and proper as her lady narrator … Engaging … Delightful * The Times *
Highly entertaining ... Her best adventure yet * Spectator *
A witty, genteel tale of secrets, lies and hidden gold ... Enormous fun -- Praise for 'The Wandering Scholar' * The Times *
With a well-crafted plot, an engaging protagonist, and astute nods to the literature and theological squabbles of the period, this is a perfect novel for a summer afternoon -- Praise for 'The Wandering Scholar' * The Guardian *
Charmingly written, combining nods to manners of the time with a bit of modern sass -- Praise for 'The Wandering Scholar' * Kirkus *

Kate Saunders is an author and journalist. She has worked for The Times, Sunday Times, Sunday Express, Daily Telegraph and Cosmopolitan amongst others, and has contributed to Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Start the Week. She has written numerous books for adults and children, including the bestselling Night Shall Overtake Us, and her follow-on to E Nesbit’s Five Children and It stories, Five Children on the Western Front, which won the Costa Children’s Book Award in 2014. She lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9781408866924
ISBN 10	1408866927
Titel	The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden
Autor	Kate Saunders
Serie	A Laetitia Rodd Mystery
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Erscheinungsjahr	2021-08-19
Seitenanzahl	336
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