A Peculiar Puzzle
(2026)(A book in the Lawrence Harpham Murder Mystery series)
A Story by Jacqueline Beard
Some deaths are made to look like accidents.
Essex, February 1895. An elderly woman lies dead in her snow-covered garden. The inquest rules exposure. Her son walks free. The village wants to move on.
But a desperate letter brings Lawrence Harpham and Violet Smith through the worst snowstorms in decades to the remote village of Rivenhall, where a tight-lipped religious sect guards its secrets, and a killer is quietly counting his trophies.
A gripping Victorian murder mystery novella featuring the detectives from the bestselling Lawrence Harpham series.
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Praise for the Lawrence Harpham Victorian Murder Mystery Series
★★★★★ ‘Laurence and Violet, two PI's never seem to amaze me.’
★★★★★ ‘Brilliant characters.’
★★★★★ ‘I truly couldn't stop turning the pages.’
★★★★★ ‘I loved it and couldn't put it down.''
Genre: Historical Mystery
Essex, February 1895. An elderly woman lies dead in her snow-covered garden. The inquest rules exposure. Her son walks free. The village wants to move on.
But a desperate letter brings Lawrence Harpham and Violet Smith through the worst snowstorms in decades to the remote village of Rivenhall, where a tight-lipped religious sect guards its secrets, and a killer is quietly counting his trophies.
A gripping Victorian murder mystery novella featuring the detectives from the bestselling Lawrence Harpham series.
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Praise for the Lawrence Harpham Victorian Murder Mystery Series
★★★★★ ‘Laurence and Violet, two PI's never seem to amaze me.’
★★★★★ ‘Brilliant characters.’
★★★★★ ‘I truly couldn't stop turning the pages.’
★★★★★ ‘I loved it and couldn't put it down.''
Genre: Historical Mystery
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