by Fiona Mountain (Author)
Natasha Blake is a detective with a difference. She's an ancestor detective, an ambitious young genealogist with a passion for history, whose choice of career is partly driven by the mystery of her own roots. Natasha's investigations are a matter of life and death, involving secrets, scandals and supernatural happenings; forgotten tragedies and buried crimes. The disappearance of a young girl, Bethany, appears to be linked in some way to Lizzie Siddall, the haunting, ethereal Pre-Raphaelite model and artist, wife of painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Lizzie's tragic life was cut short by an overdose of laudanum. Was it accident or suicide? And why is Bethany so obsessed with her, and at the same time so determined to put herself beyond the reach of her lover, Adam?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 07 Aug 2003
ISBN 10: 0752849778
ISBN 13: 9780752849775
Book Overview: A detective series with a difference that plays to Fiona Mountain's skills as a writer and her passion for history Fiona Mountain's first novel, ISABELLA, was the only debut novel ever to be shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year award Wide appeal - to readers of detective fiction, historical novels and ghost stories Stimulated by the growth of the Internet, the past decade has seen a huge boom in interest in genealogy, and a heightened interest in history, particularly personal family stories 'A haunting tale' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Intriguing and atmospheric' MIDWEEK