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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > Historical mysteries
1582, St Andrews. In the swell of a storm, a battered ship is
wrecked in St Andrews harbour. Aboard is a young Flemish sailor -
the only survivor. The cargo of the ship appears a welcome windfall
but it soon brings devastation to the town as petty squabbling
turns to hysteria and tragedy. Hew traces the ship to its source in
Ghent, where he uncovers a strange secret. Unwilling to allow the
law to take its course, he returns once more to the role of
advocate and finds his deepest principles being tested to the core.
"Buckley draws even the most minor characters with subtlety and
skill, making the dramatic conclusion that much more satisfying."
Publishers Weekly Starred Review February, 1577. Sir William Cecil
has a dangerous new mission for Ursula Blanchard. He has asked her
to visit Stonemoor House on the bleak Yorkshire moors, the home of
a group of recusant women led by Abbess Philippa Gould. In their
possession is an ancient book, and the Queen's advisor, Dr John
Dee, is eager to get hold of it. However, while the Abbess is
anxious to sell the book, others such as her half-sister Bella
believe it to be heretical and demand that it be burned. It is not
Sir William's first attempt to secure the book. His two previous
emissaries vanished without trace. What happened to them - and will
Ursula suffer the same fate?
A moving and powerful mystery, The Forgotten Garden is the
bestselling second novel from Kate Morton. 1913. On the eve of the
First World War, a little girl is found abandoned after a gruelling
ocean voyage from England to Australia. All she can remember of the
journey is that a mysterious woman she calls the Authoress had
promised to look after her. But the Authoress has vanished without
a trace. 1975. Now an old lady, Nell travels to England to discover
the truth about her parentage. Her quest leads her to Cornwall, and
to a beautiful estate called Blackhurst Manor, which had been owned
by the Mountrachet family. What has prompted Nell's journey after
all these years? 2005. On Nell's death, her granddaughter,
Cassandra, comes into a surprise inheritance. Cliff Cottage, in the
grounds of Blackhurst Manor, is notorious amongst the locals for
the secrets it holds - secrets about the doomed Mountrachet family.
But it is at long-abandoned Cliff Cottage, and in its forgotten
garden, that Cassandra will uncover the truth about the
Mountrachets - and why the young Nell was abandoned all those
decades before . . .
November, 1932. Still reeling from the recent murder at Mullings,
country estate of the wealthy Stodmarsh family, the peaceful little
village of Dovecote Hatch is about to be rocked by news of another
violent death. When mild-mannered Kenneth Tenneson is found dead
from a fall down the stairs at his home, the coroner's inquest
announces a verdict of accidental death. Florence Norris, however -
the quietly observant housekeeper at Mullings - suspects there may
be more to it than that. Florence's suspicions of foul play would
appear to be confirmed when a second will turns up revealing
details of a dark secret in the Tenneson family's past. Determined
to find out the truth about Kenneth's death, Florence gradually
pieces the clues together - but will she be in time to prevent a
catastrophic turn of events?
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