Susanna Ward's profligate father dies and leaves her destitute. Supporting herself by becoming a governess, she heads to London to find a new post. Stopping at an inn close to her father’s ancestral home for the night, she is startled by a wounded man who bursts into her room, looking for a place to hide. He is quickly followed by an army regiment looking for a murderer. Although she isn’t sure why she trusts the mysterious stranger, she helps him escape. She has an encounter with a gardener she met as a child, who tells her her grandfather was murdered. She ends up staying at the family estate as she continues to try to find out if he really was murdered, and by whom, as well as who the stranger really is, and what he is up to.
If you like historical fiction and cozy mysteries, you will find both successfully combined in this e-book. Susanna is an engaging protagonist, and the story is quite lively. The characters are well-developed, and the plot, while a little thin, is entertaining. The setting is England during the Napoleonic Wars. I recommend it as a fun, light, quick read on a rainy day.
729 KB, 260 pages.
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