October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romance—discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

What the Dead Leave Behind by Rosemary Simpson

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Also by Rosemary Simpson:

In A Deadly Fashion, November 2025
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Death Takes the Lead, December 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
Murder Wears a Hidden Face, December 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
Death at the Falls, December 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
The Dead Cry Justice, December 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
Death, Diamonds, and Deception, November 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
Death Brings a Shadow, December 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets, October 2019
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets, December 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Lies That Comfort and Betray, November 2018
Trade Size
Lies That Comfort and Betray, February 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
What the Dead Leave Behind, January 2018
Trade Size / e-Book
What the Dead Leave Behind, May 2017
Hardcover / e-Book

WHAT THE DEAD LEAVE BEHIND
By: Rosemary Simpson

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
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Mystery Historical

Set amidst the opulent mansions and cobblestone streets of Old New York, this enthralling historical mystery by Rosemary Simpson brings the Gilded Age to life—in 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 fiancé’s 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 Prudence’s fiancé—his 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 father’s untimely demise, Prudence is convinced Charles’s 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 in—and to help protect her inheritance from a stepmother who seems more interested in the family fortune than Prudence’s 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.