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Haworth 1847 - Anne and Emily Bronte have had their books accepted
for publication, while Charlotte's has been rejected everywhere,
creating a strained atmosphere at the parsonage. At the same time,
a shocking court case has recently concluded, acquitting a
workhouse master of murdering his wife by poison. Everyone thinks
this famously odious and abusive man is guilty. However, he insists
he is many bad things but not a murderer. When an attempt is made
on his life, he believes it to be the same person who killed his
wife and applies to the detecting sisters for their help. Despite
reservations, they decide that perhaps, as before, it is only they
who can get to the truth and prove him innocent - or guilty -
without a shadow of doubt.
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A Gift of Poison
Bella Ellis
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R311
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BETRAYAL. MYSTERY. MURDER. THE BRONTË SISTERS ARE ON THE CASE.
'The Brontës are so skilfully and cleverly depicted that it's no
stretch at all to imagine the sisters as amateur sleuths' SARRA
MANNING, RED Haworth 1847 - Anne and Emily Brontë have had their
books accepted for publication, while Charlotte's has been rejected
everywhere, creating a strained atmosphere at the parsonage. At the
same time, a shocking court case has recently concluded, acquitting
a workhouse master of murdering his wife by poison. Everyone thinks
this famously odious and abusive man is guilty. However, he insists
he is many bad things but not a murderer. When an attempt is made
on his life, he believes it to be the same person who killed his
wife and applies to the detecting sisters for their help. Despite
reservations, they decide that perhaps, as before, it is only they
who can get to the truth and prove him innocent - or guilty -
without a shadow of doubt. PRAISE FOR THE SERIES: 'Fun and
inventive' DAILY MAIL 'A splendid adventure' GUARDIAN 'Brilliantly
entertaining and original' CL TAYLOR 'An absolute treat from start
to finish' JANE CASEY 'A gripping, twisty mystery . . . I need
more!' ANGELA CLARKE 'Compulsively readable - I think the Brontë
sisters would have been delighted' ROSIE WALSH
THE GRIPPING GOTHIC THRILLER Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte are
rather losing interest in detecting until they hear of a shocking
discovery: the bones of a child have been found interred within the
walls of a local house, Top Withens Hall, home to the scandalous
and brutish Bradshaw family. When the sisters set off to find out
more, they are confronted with an increasingly complex and sinister
case, which leads them into the dark world of orphanages, and onto
the trail of other lost, and likely murdered children. After
another local boy goes missing, Charlotte, Emily and Anne vow to
find him before it's too late. But in order to do so, they must
face their most despicable and wicked adversary yet - one that
would not hesitate to cause them the gravest of harm . . . Praise
for Bella Ellis and the series: 'Bronte aficionados are sure to
enjoy the accurate characterization and context, the twists turns
and Gothic touches of the plot, and the strong feminist streak that
manifests itself throughout, but most triumphantly at the end.
Happily, more Bronte mysteries are to be expected.' The Times
Literary Supplement 'A splendid adventure' Guardian 'A delight' The
Wall Street Journal 'Brilliantly entertaining and original' CL
Taylor 'Insightful, moving and inspiring . . . an absolute treat
from start to finish' Jane Casey 'Elegant, witty and compulsively
readable - I think the Bronte sisters would have been delighted'
Rosie Walsh
'Teeming with details of the Brontes, of the times and the city,
this is such a pleasurable read' - NB Magazine 'Captivating' -
Crime Monthly 'Filled with twists, turns and Gothic touches, and a
strong feminist streak' - Bradford Telegraph The Bronte sisters'
first poetry collection has just been published, potentially
marking an end to their careers as amateur detectors, when Anne
receives a letter from her former pupil Lydia Robinson. Lydia has
eloped with a young actor, Harry Roxby, and following her
disinheritance, the couple been living in poverty in London. Harry
has become embroiled with a criminal gang and is in terrible danger
after allegedly losing something very valuable that he was meant to
deliver to their leader. The desperate and heavily pregnant Lydia
has a week to return what her husband supposedly stole, or he will
be killed. She knows there are few people who she can turn to in
this time of need, but the sisters agree to help Lydia, beginning a
race against time to save Harry's life. In doing so, our intrepid
sisters come face to face with a terrifying adversary whom even the
toughest of the slum-dwellers are afraid of . . . The Red Monarch.
Praise for Bella Ellis and the series: 'Evocative and utterly
enchanting' Sarah Hilary 'Bella Ellis is a very special talent'
Angela Clarke 'Brilliantly entertaining and original' C.L. Taylor
'More heart-warming than blood-chilling' Sunday Express 'Ellis's
writing flows beautifully' Yorkshire Magazine 'Elegant, witty and
compulsively readable - I think the Bronte sisters would have been
delighted' Rosie Walsh 'A breath-taking concept . . . Fun, charming
and intriguing' Araminta Hall 'A delight' Wall Street Journal
'Brilliantly entertaining and original' C.L. Taylor 'A standout
book' Rosie Walsh From the Sunday Times-bestselling author Rowan
Coleman, comes a special new series featuring the Bronte sisters,
written under the name Bella Ellis Yorkshire, 1845, and dark
rumours are spreading across the moors. Everything indicates that
Mrs Elizabeth Chester of Chester Grange has been brutally murdered
in her home - but nobody can find her body. As the dark murmurs
reach Emily, Anne and Charlotte Bronte, the sisters are horrified,
yet intrigued. Before they know it, the siblings become embroiled
in the quest to find the vanished bride, sparking their
imaginations but placing their lives at great peril . . . Loved The
Vanished Bride? Pre-order The Diabolical Bones, the next book in
the Bronte Mysteries series now! Praise for The Vanished Bride:
'Evocative and utterly enchanting' Sarah Hilary 'A gripping, twisty
mystery' Angela Clarke 'A splendid adventure' Guardian 'A treat
from start to finish' Jane Casey 'Happily, more Bronte mysteries
are to be expected' TLS
THE GRIPPING GOTHIC THRILLER Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte are
rather losing interest in detecting until they hear of a shocking
discovery: the bones of a child have been found interred within the
walls of a local house, Top Withens Hall, home to the scandalous
and brutish Bradshaw family. When the sisters set off to find out
more, they are confronted with an increasingly complex and sinister
case, which leads them into the dark world of orphanages, and onto
the trail of other lost, and likely murdered children. After
another local boy goes missing, Charlotte, Emily and Anne vow to
find him before it's too late. But in order to do so, they must
face their most despicable and wicked adversary yet - one that
would not hesitate to cause them the gravest of harm . . . Praise
for Bella Ellis and the series: 'Bronte aficionados are sure to
enjoy the accurate characterization and context, the twists turns
and Gothic touches of the plot, and the strong feminist streak that
manifests itself throughout, but most triumphantly at the end.
Happily, more Bronte mysteries are to be expected.' The Times
Literary Supplement 'A splendid adventure' Guardian 'A delight' The
Wall Street Journal 'Brilliantly entertaining and original' CL
Taylor 'Insightful, moving and inspiring . . . an absolute treat
from start to finish' Jane Casey 'Elegant, witty and compulsively
readable - I think the Bronte sisters would have been delighted'
Rosie Walsh
Haworth 1847 - Anne and Emily Bronte have had their books accepted
for publication, while Charlotte's has been rejected everywhere,
creating a strained atmosphere at the parsonage. At the same time,
a shocking court case has recently concluded, acquitting a
workhouse master of murdering his wife by poison. Everyone thinks
this famously odious and abusive man is guilty. However, he insists
he is many bad things but not a murderer. When an attempt is made
on his life, he believes it to be the same person who killed his
wife and applies to the detecting sisters for their help. Despite
reservations, they decide that perhaps, as before, it is only they
who can get to the truth and prove him innocent - or guilty -
without a shadow of doubt.
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