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His Father's Ghost
(2020)(The fifth book in the Mina Scarletti Mystery series)
A novel by Linda Stratmann
Join Mina Scarletti in another chilling ghostly mystery! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and Antonia Hodgson…
Can Mina solve one of her most complicated cases from the confines of her room…?
Mina Scarletti has caught a nasty illness and is under strict instructions from her good friend, Dr Hamid, not to leave her bed.
But Mina’s lively mind cannot be entertained for long by pretty poems and dry sermons.
So when she catches wind of a local mystery, she is determined to find a way to get involved.
A Mrs Vardy has written to her, begging for help for her ailing son, who says he is visited by his father’s ghost.
Mina finds out there are rumours claiming the boy’s father may have faked his own death seven years ago.
But if that is true, then where has the man been all this time? And what is causing the boy’s disturbing visions?
Mina is determined to find a way to unravel the mystery without breaking her doctor’s orders…
HIS FATHER’S GHOST is the fifth cosy mystery in Linda Stratmann’s intriguing historical series, the Mina Scarletti investigations, a traditional British detective series with a feisty woman sleuth set in Victorian Brighton.
'offers an engaging brand of "armchair detection" as Mina Scarletti, confined to her sick bed, investigates the puzzle of a vanishing vintner in a well-evoked Victorian Brighton’ - Martin Edwards, winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger Award
'an excellent addition to an extremely good series. A very enjoyable book, which I thoroughly recommend' - Promoting Crime Blog
‘Linda Stratmann is happily feeding the unquenchable thirst for Victorian crime fiction’ - Crime Fiction Lover
THE MINA SCARLETTI MYSTERY SERIES:
Book One: Mr Scarletti’s Ghost
Book Two: The Royal Ghost
Book Three: An Unquiet Ghost
Book Four: The Ghost of Hollow House
Book Five: His Father’s Ghost
Genre: Historical Mystery
Can Mina solve one of her most complicated cases from the confines of her room…?
Brighton, 1872
Mina Scarletti has caught a nasty illness and is under strict instructions from her good friend, Dr Hamid, not to leave her bed.
But Mina’s lively mind cannot be entertained for long by pretty poems and dry sermons.
So when she catches wind of a local mystery, she is determined to find a way to get involved.
A Mrs Vardy has written to her, begging for help for her ailing son, who says he is visited by his father’s ghost.
Mina finds out there are rumours claiming the boy’s father may have faked his own death seven years ago.
But if that is true, then where has the man been all this time? And what is causing the boy’s disturbing visions?
Mina is determined to find a way to unravel the mystery without breaking her doctor’s orders…
HIS FATHER’S GHOST is the fifth cosy mystery in Linda Stratmann’s intriguing historical series, the Mina Scarletti investigations, a traditional British detective series with a feisty woman sleuth set in Victorian Brighton.
'offers an engaging brand of "armchair detection" as Mina Scarletti, confined to her sick bed, investigates the puzzle of a vanishing vintner in a well-evoked Victorian Brighton’ - Martin Edwards, winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger Award
'an excellent addition to an extremely good series. A very enjoyable book, which I thoroughly recommend' - Promoting Crime Blog
‘Linda Stratmann is happily feeding the unquenchable thirst for Victorian crime fiction’ - Crime Fiction Lover
THE MINA SCARLETTI MYSTERY SERIES:
Book One: Mr Scarletti’s Ghost
Book Two: The Royal Ghost
Book Three: An Unquiet Ghost
Book Four: The Ghost of Hollow House
Book Five: His Father’s Ghost
Genre: Historical Mystery
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