The astonishing debut of Sherlock Holmes and his partner in detection, Dr. WatsonShot in the shoulder and brought to death's door by typhoid fever, Dr. John Watson is sent home from the second Afghan war with a small income and nothing to do but recover his health. By his own account, he leads a mea
Secrets in Scarlet
β Scribed by Erica Monroe
- Publisher
- Quillfire Publishing
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Scoundrels, thieves and rebels inhabit the rookeriesβwhere the women are fierce and the men are dangerous. Are you willing to take the risk?
HIS BUSINESS IS DISCOVERING SECRETS...
When a girl is murdered at a factory in London, Sergeant Thaddeus Knight of the Metropolitan Police comes in to investigate. But it's not just the factory owners that Thaddeus wants information on-the devilishly intriguing Poppy O'Reilly is a puzzle he'd like nothing more than to solve.
HER LIFE DEPENDS ON KEEPING HER PAST HIDDEN.
All it took was one mistake for Poppy to lose her good reputation. Shunned by polite society, she's retreated to the one place no one from her old life would look for her: the rookeries. Protecting her young daughter is the most important thing to Poppy, and Thaddeus threatens the false identity she's carefully constructed. The last thing she should do is allow Thaddeus close to...
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