Gilded Age Mystery #1
Kensington
May 2017
On Sale: April 25, 2017
Featuring: Prudence MacKenzie
304 pages ISBN: 149670908X EAN: 9781496709080 Kindle: B01JEJCA82 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Set amidst the opulent mansions and cobblestone streets of Old New York, this enthralling historical mystery by Rosemary Simpson brings the Gilded Age to lifeโin a tantalizing tale of old money, new love, and grave suspicion . . .
WHAT THE DEAD LEAVE BEHIND
As the Great Blizzard of 1888 cripples the vast machinery that is New York City, heiress Prudence MacKenzie sits anxiously within her palatial Fifth Avenue home waiting for her fiancรฉโs safe return. But the fearsome storm rages through the night. With daylight, more than two hundred people are found to have perished in the icy winds and treacherous snowdrifts. Among them is Prudenceโs fiancรฉโhis body frozen, his head crushed by a heavy branch, his fingers clutching a single playing card, the ace of spades . . .
Close on the heels of her fatherโs untimely demise, Prudence is convinced Charlesโs death was no accident. The ace of spades was a code he shared with his school friend, Geoffrey Hunter, a former Pinkerton agent and attorney from the South and a former Pinkerton agent. Wary of sinister forces closing in on her, Prudence turns to Geoffrey as her only hope in solving a murder not all believe inโand to help protect her inheritance from a stepmother who seems more interested in the family fortune than Prudenceโs wellbeing . . .
Filled with richly colorful characters, fascinating historical details, and thrilling moments of suspense, What the Dead Leave Behind is an exquisitely crafted mystery for the ages.
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