By: Frances Brody
Genre: Mystery
St. Martin's Press
February 1, 2012
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Featuring: Kate Shackleton
370 pages
ISBN: 0312622392
EAN: 9780312622398
Kindle: B005XMMNQY
Hardcover / e-Book
Book Summary
“Well-plotted and atmospheric… Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs.” --Literary Review Take one quiet Yorkshire villageBridgestead is a peaceful spot: a babbling brook, rolling hills and a working mill at its heart. Pretty and remote, nothing exceptional happens…Add a measure of mysteryUntil the day that Master of the Mill Joshua Braithwaite goes missing in dramatic circumstances, never to be heard of again.A sprinkling of scandalNow 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?And Kate Shackleton—amateur sleuth extraordinaire!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…