Author: Burton, Sarah
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 7 March 2024 by Duckworth Books (Duckworth) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Eliza Mace Mysteries' series.
Hardback | 304 pages
147 x 223 x 29 | 410g
In the first of a thrilling new Victorian detective series, Eliza Mace, on the cusp of adulthood, is battling for her independence. Stuck in a crumbling manor house in the Welsh borders in the 1870s, she is thwarted by powers that conspire to protect, control and deceive her. But when her father goes missing in mysterious circumstances, Elizas determination to uncover the truth is unstoppable.
Joining forces with the charismatic new police constable, Dafydd Pritchard, she sets out to solve the case, but thats no easy task. Her father has run up debts in town and beyond, and there are many who bear him a grudge. As she searches for evidence, Eliza exposes dark secrets that threaten to tear her world apart...