Lucy is a chambermaid in seventeenth - century London. On a tragic night Lucy's repetitious days are interrupted when a loyal and kind servant is murdered. Lucy's brother is wrongly accused, and Lucy must do whatever she can to free him. Determined to find the killer, Lucy will venture into chaotic printers' shops, the plague - ridden streets of London, mysterious gypsy camps, and even to Newgate prison. Lucy will soon realize the killer is not lucking where she expects, and he may be closer than she thinks.
A MURDER AT ROSAMUND'S GATE is a historical fiction mystery must read. Susanna Calkins easily combines history, mystery, and even some romance into exciting, page turning adventure. Readers will find A MURDER AT ROSAMUND'S GATE hard to put down as they try to solve a mysterious murder along with Lucy. The characters are enduring, and readers will want justice for the murdered servant. Lucy is sweet and caring, and her sense of curiosity will take readers on a journey back in time to the dark, foul streets of a London long gone. The best part of A MURDER AT ROSAMUND'S GATE is that the reader will be learning about seventeenth - century London, while reading an entertaining tale of murder and love.
In Susanna Calkins's atmospheric debut novel, a chambermaid
must uncover a murderer in seventeenth-century plague-ridden
London For Lucy Campion, a seventeenth-century English
chambermaid serving in the household of the local
magistrate, life is an endless repetition of polishing
pewter, emptying chamber pots, and dealing with other
household chores until a fellow servant is ruthlessly
killed, and Lucyβs brother is wrongly arrested for the
crime. In a time where the accused are presumed guilty until
proven innocent, lawyers arenβt permitted to defend their
clients, andβif the plague doesn't kill them firstβpublic
executions draw a large crowd of spectators, Lucy knows she
may never see her brother alive again. Unless, that is, she
can identify the true murderer. Determined to do just that,
Lucy finds herself venturing out of her expected station and
into raucous printersβ shops, secretive gypsy camps, the
foul streets of London, and even the bowels of Newgate
prison on a trail that might lead her straight into the arms
of the killer. In her debut novel, Susanna Calkins
seamlessly blends historical detail, romance, and mystery
into a moving and highly entertaining tale.
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