The Gentleman Vanishes
(2027)(The first book in the Araminta Cross: Reluctant Clairvoyant series)
A novel by Erica Ridley
A witty historical cozy mystery featuring a reluctant clairvoyant, a skeptical London detective, and a missing heir in rural England.
Vanishing is terribly bad manners… and possibly murder.
Araminta Cross keeps house for the most celebrated fortune-teller in the county: her beloved godmother, who has never had a genuine vision in her life. Minty has. Keeping the unwelcome ability secret is difficult when her psychic spells sometimes announce themselves with a violent sneezing fit.
Staying invisible becomes even harder when Felix Harding, a famed London detective, is marched into the Seer's parlor by his own prime suspect on his newest case: A baronet’s heir with a bad gambling debt stepped off a train into rural Upper Middling and promptly disappeared.
Local crime lord Rafferty Black admits he’d cheerfully kill those who cross him, but swears he prefers to collect his money first. Inspector Harding has fought to put Black behind bars for years, and plans to expose the local psychic for a fraud at the same time. Minty must race to untangle the mystery and rid her town of the infuriating detective before he discovers her godmother’s lies'' or Minty’s own.
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Vanishing is terribly bad manners… and possibly murder.
Araminta Cross keeps house for the most celebrated fortune-teller in the county: her beloved godmother, who has never had a genuine vision in her life. Minty has. Keeping the unwelcome ability secret is difficult when her psychic spells sometimes announce themselves with a violent sneezing fit.
Staying invisible becomes even harder when Felix Harding, a famed London detective, is marched into the Seer's parlor by his own prime suspect on his newest case: A baronet’s heir with a bad gambling debt stepped off a train into rural Upper Middling and promptly disappeared.
Local crime lord Rafferty Black admits he’d cheerfully kill those who cross him, but swears he prefers to collect his money first. Inspector Harding has fought to put Black behind bars for years, and plans to expose the local psychic for a fraud at the same time. Minty must race to untangle the mystery and rid her town of the infuriating detective before he discovers her godmother’s lies'' or Minty’s own.
Perfect for Readers Who Love
- Cozy mysteries with a reluctant psychic sleuth
Heroines guarding secrets from a sharp-eyed detective
Witty historical whodunits set in rural England
Keeping secrets while solving a dangerous disappearance
Genre: Mystery