Imogen Robertson
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Maud Heighton came to Lafond's famous Academie to paint, and to flee the constraints of her small English town. It took all her courage to escape, but Paris, she quickly realizes, is no place for a light purse. While her fellow students enjoy the dazzling decadence of the Belle Epoque, Maud slips into poverty. Quietly starving, and dreading another cold Paris winter, Maud is hired by Christian Morel as companion to his beautiful, young sister, Sylvie....
Author
Series
Crowther and Westerman mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
An intricate historical novel about a forbidding country estate and the unlikely forensic duo who set out to uncover its deadly secrets. Discovering a dead neighbor from a menacing local estate, the unconventional Mrs. Westerman of 1780 Sussex enlists a reclusive local anatomist to uncover the family's secrets, which include ties to the American Revolution and links to the murder of a music shop owner.
Author
Series
Crowther and Westerman mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
367 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther investigates an ancient tomb where an extra body and clues about Crowther's haunting past are discovered.
Author
Series
Crowther and Westerman mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
382 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amateur detectives in Georgian England, Harriet Westerman and Gabriel Crowther investigate the drowning of a man in the Thames and discover that he may have been part of a plot to betray England's secrets to France.
Author
Series
Ballantyne novels volume 6
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
448 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English