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A Spice of Madness
(2017)(The second book in the Inspector Lazarus Mystery series)
A novel by Suzanne Downes
Undelivered letters and a man who refuses to explain his wife’s absence – small wonder Constance Lazarus fears something sinister has happened to her oldest friend, Elspeth Foxcroft.
She confides in her husband, but Inspector Lazarus is busy chasing a daring jewel thief and has no time to worry about unfounded accusations levelled at Clement Foxcroft, no matter how odious he is.
He is forced to reconsider when he discovers that Elspeth has apparently left behind her new born baby son without a second thought. When his superior also orders him to stay away from the family, his suspicions are roused – if there is nothing to hide, why are the two men so determined to keep him at bay?
He and Sergeant Stonier are about to defy them both and begin a search for the missing Elspeth when a brutal murder intrudes and Lazarus suddenly finds himself caring for a soon-to-be-orphaned young family.
Will he and Stonier ever untangle all the threads and reunite the missing woman with her son? Or is it already too late to save her?
Genre: Historical
She confides in her husband, but Inspector Lazarus is busy chasing a daring jewel thief and has no time to worry about unfounded accusations levelled at Clement Foxcroft, no matter how odious he is.
He is forced to reconsider when he discovers that Elspeth has apparently left behind her new born baby son without a second thought. When his superior also orders him to stay away from the family, his suspicions are roused – if there is nothing to hide, why are the two men so determined to keep him at bay?
He and Sergeant Stonier are about to defy them both and begin a search for the missing Elspeth when a brutal murder intrudes and Lazarus suddenly finds himself caring for a soon-to-be-orphaned young family.
Will he and Stonier ever untangle all the threads and reunite the missing woman with her son? Or is it already too late to save her?
Genre: Historical
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