The Case of the Hidden Legacy
(2026)(The tenth book in the Lady Theodora Ashcombe Mysteries series)
A novel by Daisy Landish
A missing clerk. A coded journal. A family secret that refuses to stay buried.
When a sealed packet from her late father arrives unexpectedly, Lady Theodora Ashcombe discovers it contains a ciphered diary, a list of crossed-out names, and a single chilling instruction: Find Weatherby.
Hours later, the vanished Foreign Office clerk—long declared dead—is found bricked behind a wall beneath Somerset House. And the investigation leads to a truth even Theo never imagined: her father was entangled in a clandestine inquiry he never solved.
Drawn back to Ashcombe Park in search of the missing journal pages, Theo finds evidence of an intruder in the west wing, a man travelling under stolen identities, and signs that her father’s final months were far more dangerous than anyone believed. With Inspector Hargrave and Jasper Welles each uncovering pieces of the mystery—and Pip detecting clues no human nose could hope to find—Theo must follow a trail of deception through hidden rooms, ancestral scandals, and a network of secrets stretching from Belgravia to Greenwich.
But as the masked stranger closes in, one question grows impossible to ignore:
How much truth did her father die to protect—and how much will she risk to finish what he began?
In this breathtaking series finale, Lady Theodora Ashcombe faces the most personal case of her life… and uncovers a legacy that could change her future forever.
Perfect for fans of Miss Scarlett, T.E. Kinsey, and Deanna Raybourn.
Genre: Mystery
When a sealed packet from her late father arrives unexpectedly, Lady Theodora Ashcombe discovers it contains a ciphered diary, a list of crossed-out names, and a single chilling instruction: Find Weatherby.
Hours later, the vanished Foreign Office clerk—long declared dead—is found bricked behind a wall beneath Somerset House. And the investigation leads to a truth even Theo never imagined: her father was entangled in a clandestine inquiry he never solved.
Drawn back to Ashcombe Park in search of the missing journal pages, Theo finds evidence of an intruder in the west wing, a man travelling under stolen identities, and signs that her father’s final months were far more dangerous than anyone believed. With Inspector Hargrave and Jasper Welles each uncovering pieces of the mystery—and Pip detecting clues no human nose could hope to find—Theo must follow a trail of deception through hidden rooms, ancestral scandals, and a network of secrets stretching from Belgravia to Greenwich.
But as the masked stranger closes in, one question grows impossible to ignore:
How much truth did her father die to protect—and how much will she risk to finish what he began?
In this breathtaking series finale, Lady Theodora Ashcombe faces the most personal case of her life… and uncovers a legacy that could change her future forever.
Perfect for fans of Miss Scarlett, T.E. Kinsey, and Deanna Raybourn.
Genre: Mystery