**A witty, engaging murder mystery featuring Jane Austen as an intrepid amateur sleuth --the first in a series.** Jane Austen--sparkling, spirited, and incredibly clever--is suddenly thrust into a mystery when a milliner's dead body is found locked inside a cupboard in the middle of a ball. When J
The Milliner of Bendigo
โ Scribed by Darry Fraser
- Book ID
- 113455993
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 278 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781867237631
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Trouble with the law, a missing sister, and a growing attachment to the wrong man - Evie Emerson has a dangerous path ahead of her... an exciting and twisty historical mystery and adventure from a bestselling Australian author.
1898: Bendigo, Victoria
Evie Emerson has worked hard to build a fashionable clientele for her hats. But when an ex-paramour employs underhanded tactics after his attempt to coerce an engagement fails, Evie's reputation is in tatters. On the heels of having to put a case together to defend herself in court, Evie's life is thrown into further turmoil when the disappearance of her sister takes her to Cobram.
Roving reporter Fitzmorgan O'Shea has troubles of his own: his involvement in uncovering police corruption has placed a target on his back. And while Fitz is hunting a new story in Cobram his problems collide with Evie's when his research exposes malicious intimidation and threats designed to...M.F
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