Whispers at Painswick Court

Julie Klassen

Sinossi

She expected her return to Painswick would bring memories of the past--not danger and romance.  
 
Anne Loveday, a surgeon's daughter, is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place where she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful year.  
 
Soon after arriving, Anne is asked to serve as sickroom nurse to Lady Celia, who forbade her nephew to marry Anne's sister years before. Pushing aside resentments, Anne moves into Painswick Court, a shadowy old house rumored to be haunted. Also in residence are Lady Celia's spinster daughter, her handsome adult nephews, and a secretive new lady's maid. Two local doctors visit regularly as well, one of whom admires Anne while concealing secrets of his own.  
 
As an escalating series of mishaps befalls her patient, Anne realizes someone is trying to kill the woman. But who? When Anne finds herself a suspect and her resolution to avoid romance challenged, can she discover the real culprit--and protect her heart--before it's too late? 
 
Agatha Christie meets Jane Austen in this compelling Regency-era novel laced with intrigue, love, and English village charm for fans of historical romance and whodunit mysteries.

Disponibile da: 02/12/2025.

Lunghezza di stampa: 368 pagine.

Altri libri che potrebbero interessarti

Solitaire Series Episode 29 The:...

Troy Lambert

Alec's Luck Runs Cold When the Cards Get Hot 
In the seedy underbelly of Solitaire Casinos, Alec's penchant for gambling teeters on the precipice of disaster. Deep in debt and working for free, his future hangs on a razor-thin edge, as elusive as the four of spades he desperately chases. When Jane—the collector with uncanny timing—pulls him from the table, Alec is thrust into a dangerous game where the stakes are life and death. 
Haunted by his own demons and a past he can't shake, Alec is tasked with shadowing Jack Bardlow—a man with a haunting visage and a history of leaving enemies in his wake. As moral ambiguity blurs the lines, Alec must navigate the treacherous path between loyalty and survival, knowing one misstep could be his last. With luck as fickle as fate, can Alec find Jack without losing himself to the shadows?

Mostra libro

The Spy Who Loved Me - A James...

Ian Fleming

JAMES BOND AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE 
Unlike the rest of the books in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, The Spy Who Loved Me is told from the perspective of a woman who fell for 007—and owes him her life. 
Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, feels like a foreigner in every land. With only a supercharged Vespa and a handful of American dollars, she travels down winding roads into the pine forests of the Adirondacks. After stopping at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court and being coerced into caretaking at the vacant motel for the night, Viv opens the door to two armed mobsters and realizes being a woman alone is no easy task. But when a third stranger arrives―a confident Englishman with a keen sense for sizing things up―the tables are turned. 
Still reeling in the wake of Operation Thunderball, Bond had planned for his jaunt through the Adirondacks to be a period of rest before his return to Europe. But that all changes when his tire goes flat in front of a certain motel…

Mostra libro

Country Cat Blues

Alison O'Leary

This English village may look peaceful, but a cat can smell trouble from a mile away . . . 
 
 
 
When pet cat Aubrey moves to the picturesque village of Fallowfield with his family, he is keen to explore the delights of the English countryside. However, the idyllic peace is shattered when a gruesome murder takes place at the village fete. 
 
 
 
Tensions run high as specters from the past begin to emerge. Aubrey is particularly bothered when suspicion falls on Morris, who may be eccentric, but is also a good friend to the local felines. 
 
 
 
It's time for Aubrey to step up. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?

Mostra libro

Grave on Grand Avenue

Naomi Hirahara

LAPD bicycle cop—and aspiring homicide detective—Ellie Rush is back on patrol in the newest mystery from the award-winning author of Murder on Bamboo Lane and the Japantown Mysteries. 
 
 
  
Ellie stops for a friendly chat with gardener Eduardo Fuentes while patrolling one of Los Angeles's premier concert halls. A few minutes later she's shocked to discover him lying at the bottom of a staircase, clinging to life and whispering something indecipherable. Nearby, the father of Xu, a Chinese superstar classical musician, claims Fuentes was knocked down while attempting to steal his son's multimillion-dollar cello—a story Ellie has trouble believing. 
 
 
  
Meanwhile Ellie has issues of her own to deal with—like the curious theft of her car, a 1969 Pontiac Skylark. But after the gardener takes his last breath and Xu mysteriously disappears, it's clear to Ellie she must act quickly before someone else falls silent . . .

Mostra libro

Royal Flush

Lynda La Plante

Wealthy racing yard owner Edward de Jersey, has spent the last few years of his life reaping the rewards of his criminal mastermind past and spending his free time priming his star horse, Royal Flush, for a Derby win. Having successfully pulled off some of the most lucrative heists in history as 'The Colonel', at the height of his activity, he was one of the most prolific criminals of his time. But, when his financial advisor invests his fortune in an internet company that crashes quickly after, he is left with no choice but to return to his old ways. This time, with the biggest target of all in mind...

Mostra libro

Tanner: Year Two

Remington Kane

From REMINGTON KANE, the author of the Young Guns Series 
TANNER: YEAR TWO - A Tanner Series  
In 2005, Tanner stumbles across a gang intent on committing a major robbery and comes to the aid of a young mother and her little girl. Meanwhile, the failed security chief of Tanner’s last target is determined to hunt him down and make him pay. Caught between two groups out to kill him, Tanner must outsmart them both while keeping his innocent charges safe.

Mostra libro