Penrose & Pyke Mysteries Box Set Books 1-3
(2025)(A book in the Penrose & Pyke Mystery series)
An omnibus of novels by Rose Pascoe
A box set of three delightful, twisty Victorian mysteries. Grace Penrose is determined to be the first female doctor in the country. Constable Charlie Pyke just wants to keep out of trouble. Villains take heed – when Penrose & Pyke join forces, they will be unstoppable.
In Book 1, Murder in the Devil’s Half Acre, Grace Penrose won’t let a corpse or two get in the way of stopping a killer, even if it means dragging Constable Charlie Pyke through every notorious sweatshop, seedy alleyway and elegant drawing room in the city. Together, they must figure out which deaths are accidents, and which are murders, because the next victim might well be one of their own.
In Book 2, Murder Most Melancholy, Penrose & Pyke venture behind the locked doors of an asylum for wealthy young women of delicate sensibilities, where high walls and dark corridors conceal more than one shocking secret. Is Charlie Pyke desperate enough to risk Grace Penrose’s life to rescue a long-lost friend? More to the point, can he stop her?
In Book 3, Murder By Vote, Penrose & Pyke are flung into an explosive new mystery during the campaign for women’s suffrage. Politicians are worried that women voters will oust them, liquor barons are terrified that women will favour prohibition, and the man in the street fears his wife will no longer be content with home and hearth. Just how far will they go to stop women from getting the vote? Grace Penrose and Charlie Pyke are about to find out.
The Penrose & Pyke Mystery series is set during a remarkable period of social upheaval in 1890s New Zealand. The fight for women’s rights has never been such deadly fun.
Genre: Historical Mystery
In Book 1, Murder in the Devil’s Half Acre, Grace Penrose won’t let a corpse or two get in the way of stopping a killer, even if it means dragging Constable Charlie Pyke through every notorious sweatshop, seedy alleyway and elegant drawing room in the city. Together, they must figure out which deaths are accidents, and which are murders, because the next victim might well be one of their own.
In Book 2, Murder Most Melancholy, Penrose & Pyke venture behind the locked doors of an asylum for wealthy young women of delicate sensibilities, where high walls and dark corridors conceal more than one shocking secret. Is Charlie Pyke desperate enough to risk Grace Penrose’s life to rescue a long-lost friend? More to the point, can he stop her?
In Book 3, Murder By Vote, Penrose & Pyke are flung into an explosive new mystery during the campaign for women’s suffrage. Politicians are worried that women voters will oust them, liquor barons are terrified that women will favour prohibition, and the man in the street fears his wife will no longer be content with home and hearth. Just how far will they go to stop women from getting the vote? Grace Penrose and Charlie Pyke are about to find out.
The Penrose & Pyke Mystery series is set during a remarkable period of social upheaval in 1890s New Zealand. The fight for women’s rights has never been such deadly fun.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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