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Every house keeps secrets if it stands long enough…
There is great excitement at Charleton House, the magnificent home of the Duke and Duchess of Ravensbury. The building has finally revealed a priest hole, carefully concealed and undisturbed for centuries.
Fascinated by history, elegant Tour Guide Mark Boxer is jubilant when he hears the priest hole has yielded an even deeper secret. But as soon as he and Café Manager and part-time sleuth Sophie Lockwood, discover what it is, the jubilation turns to horror. When the priest hole was sealed and abandoned in the early 1600s, a young woman, her commonplace book, and a signet ring belonging to one of the Duke’s ancestors were buried with it.
Was she dead when she went into the hole? Or did someone deliberately leave her there to die?
As Mark and Sophie set out to solve the mystery, the suspicions, persecutions and betrayals of 400 years ago start to bleed into the modern world. But through the pages of her commonplace book, the vibrant young woman comes to life again, reaching out and befriending all who read it.
Which is why, when the woman’s tragic story begins to emerge, Sophie feels such an acute sense of fear and grief that she wonders if she has the strength to continue.
Brace yourself, because we’re stepping way back in time for Sophie and Mark’s most unusual investigation yet.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
There is great excitement at Charleton House, the magnificent home of the Duke and Duchess of Ravensbury. The building has finally revealed a priest hole, carefully concealed and undisturbed for centuries.
Fascinated by history, elegant Tour Guide Mark Boxer is jubilant when he hears the priest hole has yielded an even deeper secret. But as soon as he and Café Manager and part-time sleuth Sophie Lockwood, discover what it is, the jubilation turns to horror. When the priest hole was sealed and abandoned in the early 1600s, a young woman, her commonplace book, and a signet ring belonging to one of the Duke’s ancestors were buried with it.
Was she dead when she went into the hole? Or did someone deliberately leave her there to die?
As Mark and Sophie set out to solve the mystery, the suspicions, persecutions and betrayals of 400 years ago start to bleed into the modern world. But through the pages of her commonplace book, the vibrant young woman comes to life again, reaching out and befriending all who read it.
Which is why, when the woman’s tragic story begins to emerge, Sophie feels such an acute sense of fear and grief that she wonders if she has the strength to continue.
Brace yourself, because we’re stepping way back in time for Sophie and Mark’s most unusual investigation yet.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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