Critics raved about The Conjurer, the
first in Cordelia Frances Biddle’s superb historical mystery
series. Now Philadelphian heiress Martha Beale is back in a
second thrilling installment laced with fast-paced intrigue
and exquisite period detail.
When the daughter of one
of Philadelphia’s finest families disappears, Martha Beale
becomes the unwilling liaison between the girl’s aloof and
aristocratic parents and Thomas Kelman, Martha’s secret
beau, who is overseeing the investigation.
What
appears to be a kidnapping, however, takes a darker turn,
and complex clues implicate rich and poor alike. It is up to
Martha and Kelman to unravel the diabolical plot--and the
painful disparity of their social classes--as they struggle
to unmask the killer.
As in The Conjurer,
Cordelia Frances Biddle’s elegant and evocative prose
brings to vibrant life mid-nineteenth-century Philadelphia.
Deception’s Daughter is a stunning sequel from a
multitalented crime writer.
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