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Book description -
The sun is shining, Ballater is full of wealthy visitors, and Mrs. Kynoch’s school for young ladies is flourishing - until one pupil, the daughter of a slave-owner, vanishes. Has she eloped with a rich man, or is something more sinister afoot? Hippolyta Napier needs to know, before a vulnerable local man is accused of something he could not have done.
My review -
Once
again Hippolyta can’t stop herself from investigating strange happenings in
Ballater. New pupils appear at her friend’s school for young ladies, arriving
from Tobago. Other newcomers appear at the nearby spa, increasing her acquaintance.
Each book in this series makes me feel I’m back with a gossipy friend. I love
the domestic details: the problems with servants, the tea parties. In this
volume, concerns are voiced about emancipation in the West Indian sugar
plantations. There are topics great and small, and Hippolyta and her husband
Patrick, the local doctor, are in the midst of it all. A great murder mystery
within a slice of Scottish history. Not to be missed.
Author info
Lexie Conyngham is a historian living in the shadow of the Highlands. Her Murray of Letho novels are born of a life amidst Scotland’s old cities, ancient universities and hidden-away aristocratic estates, but she has written since the day she found out that people were allowed to do such a thing. Beyond teaching and research, her days are spent with wool, wild allotments and a wee bit of whisky.
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Just a thought - There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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