by Frances Brody (Author)
Take one quiet Yorkshire Village, add a measure of mystery, a sprinkling of scandal and Kate Shackleton - amateur sleuth extraordinaire! Bridgestead is a quiet village: a babbling brook, rolling hills and a working mill at its heart. Pretty and remote, nothing exceptional happens, except for the day when Joshua Braithwaite, goes missing in dramatic circumstances, never to be heard of again. Now Joshua's daughter is getting married and wants one last attempt at finding her father. Has he run off with his mistress, or was he murdered for his mounting coffers? Kate Shackleton has always loved solving puzzles. So who better to get to the bottom of Joshua's mysterious disappearance? But as Kate taps into the lives of the Bridgestead dwellers, she opens cracks that some would kill to keep closed ...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Publisher: Piatkus
Published: 01 Oct 2009
ISBN 10: 0749941871
ISBN 13: 9780749941871
Book Overview: A quiet Yorkshire village is shaken by a scandalous secret ... This is quirky historical crime fiction with a wonderfully whimsical female narrator