Death at Rottingdean
For Kathryn Ardleigh and her newly Lorded husband Charles, a seaside holiday in Rottingdean is a needed rest. The cozy hamlet is built on a labyrinth of hundred-year-old tunnels that once were used by smugglers. But when a coast guard's body is found on the beach, the town is suspected to plying...
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For Kathryn Ardleigh and her newly Lorded husband Charles, a seaside holiday in Rottingdean is a needed rest. The cozy hamlet is built on a labyrinth of hundred-year-old tunnels that once were used by smugglers. But when a coast guard's body is found on the beach, the town is suspected to plying its illicit trades of the past. And with the help of a young writer named Rudyard Kipling, they're about to discover something rotten in Rottingdean...
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780425167823 (0425167828)
Publish date: March 1st 1999
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Victorian Mystery 0 (#5)
All the books in this series are fun reads... not too deep, but very cozy. Lady Charles (Kathryn) and Lord Sheridan (her husband, Charles) are a fun couple. I was sad to see that the authors chose to go the route of Kathryn having a miscarriage due to measles and being told she can never have childr...
Having taken a little time off from reading this series, I'd forgotten just how enjoyable these books are. I love the rapport between Lord and Lady Sheridan, and the historical-figures-as-characters plot device still works for me. (This time it's Rudyard Kipling and his aunt, Lady Georgiana Burne-Jo...
Quoted from my review @ http://misscz.wordpress.comA year has passed since the events of the previous book. Charles’s older brother has fininally passed away and he is now the 5th Baron Somersworth. This new role has taken him to London to fulfill his obligations in Parliament. Kate, believing it to...