Beloved author Louisa May Alcott turns to amateur sleuthing
in the cozy mystery novel, LOUISA AND THE MISSING HEIRESS:
A Louisa May Alcott Mystery by Anna Maclean, the first in
an ongoing series that features Alcott as a premier mystery
solver.
Maclean's premise for this series is that long before she
wrote her children's book, Little Women, Louisa was writing
what she deemed "blood and thunder" fictional stories to
sell to newspapers. She, and her beloved friend Sophie,
would wander the streets of Boston looking for inspiration
for her tales, and Louisa would, more often than not, find
herself involved in trying to crack a mystery or two along
the way.
In this story, Louisa's dear friend Dorothy Wortham, is
finally home after a year long honeymoon in Europe. Dot is
noticeably upset when Louisa encounters her at a tea party,
but brushes it off as one of her friend's eccentric ways.
The next day Louisa learns that her friend has been found
dead in the Charles River. Bruises around her throat and
injuries to her head lead the police to believe she was
murdered and her husband Preston, who everyone thinks
married her for her money, is the prime suspect. Louisa is
more familiar to the strange behaviors of the families of
Dot and Preston and thinks the killer is still at large.
Intrigued and wanting justice to be served, she starts her
own investigation and almost ends up as the killer's next
victim.
Anna Maclean presents a lively, fast paced novel that mixes
a little historical fact, with a thrilling mystery to
create a story that cozy mystery fans will immensely enjoy.
Two more "Louisa" mysteries are planned for release in the
near future.
Long before she will achieve fame as the author of LITTLE
WOMEN, Louisa May Alcott is writing stories of a more dark
and mysterious nature. But nothing prepares her for the role
of amateur detective she assumes when the body of her dear
friend, wealthy newlywed Dorothy Wortham, is found floating
in Boston's harbor.
It's well known that Dorothy's family didn't approve of her
husband, a confirmed fortune hunter, but Louisa suspects
that some deeper secret lies behind her friend's tragic
murder...
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