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Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling, award-winning novelist Kate Saunders comes the first in The Laetitia Rodd Mysteries', six novels featuring a Victorian lady detective, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, M. C. Beaton and
Grantchester''A Dickensian glow pervades this immensely satisfying novel. Hugely enjoyable' James Runcie, author of ''The Grantchester Mysteries''Mrs Laetitia Rodd is the impoverished widow of an Archdeacon, living modestly in Hampstead with her landlady Mrs Bentley. She is also a private detective of the utmost discretion. In winter 1850, her brother Frederick, a criminal barrister, introduces her to Sir James Calderstone, a wealthy and powerful industrialist who asks Mrs Rodd to investigate the background of an unsuitable' woman his son intends to marry a match he is determined to prevent. In the guise of governess, she travels to the family seat, Wishtide, deep in the frozen Lincolnshire countryside, where she soon discovers that the Calderstones have more to hide tha
Trade Review'A Dickensian glow pervades this immensely satisfying novel. Hugely enjoyable’ * James Runcie, author of 'The Grantchester Mysteries' *
Praise for Five Children on the Western Front Saunders has created a simply brilliant book ... beautifully crafted, funny, heart-breaking *
Daily Mail *
A skillful and deeply moving piece of work: poignant, beautifully judged, not a crass pastiche but a respectful homage … Saunders's novel does what fiction does best: it focuses on individuals we care about in order to make a universal point *
Guardian *
A skill and charm of its own, as well as compassion and conviction *
Sunday Times *
