Who Killed Houston Fairchild?
(2026)(Book 17 in the Gentleman Detective Mysteries series)
A novel by Evelyn James
‘One of the best pairings in Victorian detective fiction.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
His death in a bungled bank robbery should have been the end, but Houston had a plan to ensure that a little thing like death would not prevent his final case from being solved.
Now, armed with his dead partner’s notes and a mystery to crack, Colonel Bainbridge is tracking down a missing man who may just hold the answer to why Houston had to die.
Yet nothing is as it seems in the unravelling of Houston’s last case, and as the secrets and lies begin to mount up, so a killer becomes desperate to hide their tracks.
Death is lurking a little too close to Bainbridge and his niece Victoria – just how many times can they cheat the Reaper before their luck finally, and fatally, runs out?
Buy Who Killed Houston Fairchild? and begin your new crime solving adventure with the irrepressible Bainbridge and Victoria today!
What readers are saying about the Gentleman Detective Mysteries
‘Highly atmospheric and exciting.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Loved it. Well written, exciting. Lovely detective relationship between uncle and niece. Will definitely read the rest of series.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I love Evelyn James' Clara Fitzgerald series so gave A Gentleman Detective a chance and was not disappointed.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Historical Mystery
Secrets bound them, secrets broke them, now only the truth can save them.
Houston Fairchild was a good man who died doing a good thing, or so everyone thought…His death in a bungled bank robbery should have been the end, but Houston had a plan to ensure that a little thing like death would not prevent his final case from being solved.
Now, armed with his dead partner’s notes and a mystery to crack, Colonel Bainbridge is tracking down a missing man who may just hold the answer to why Houston had to die.
Yet nothing is as it seems in the unravelling of Houston’s last case, and as the secrets and lies begin to mount up, so a killer becomes desperate to hide their tracks.
Death is lurking a little too close to Bainbridge and his niece Victoria – just how many times can they cheat the Reaper before their luck finally, and fatally, runs out?
Buy Who Killed Houston Fairchild? and begin your new crime solving adventure with the irrepressible Bainbridge and Victoria today!
What readers are saying about the Gentleman Detective Mysteries
‘Highly atmospheric and exciting.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Loved it. Well written, exciting. Lovely detective relationship between uncle and niece. Will definitely read the rest of series.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I love Evelyn James' Clara Fitzgerald series so gave A Gentleman Detective a chance and was not disappointed.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Historical Mystery
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