Rachel Savernake investigates a bizarre locked-room puzzle in this
delicious Gothic mystery from the winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger.
1930. Nell Fagan is a journalist on the trail of an intriguing and
bizarre mystery: in 1606, a man vanished from a locked gatehouse in a
remote Yorkshire village, and 300 years later, it happened again. Nell
confides in the best sleuth she knows, judge's daughter Rachel
Savernake. Thank goodness she did, because barely a week later Nell
disappears, and Rachel is left to put together the pieces of the puzzle.
qLooking for answers, Rachel travels to lonely Blackstone Fell in
Yorkshire, with its eerie moor and sinister tower. With help from her
friend Jacob Flint - who's determined to expose a fraudulent
clairvoyant - Rachel will risk her life to bring an end to the
disappearances and bring the truth to light.
A dazzling mystery peopled by clerics and medics; reporters and rogues,
Blackstone Fell explores the shadowy borderlands between spiritual and
scientific; between sanity and madness; and between virtue and deadly
sin.
Praise for Martin Edwards:
'Martin Edwards celebrates and satirises the genre with wit and
affection... He leaves you wanting more.' The Times
'A pitch-perfect blend of Golden Age charm and sinister modern
suspense.' Lee Child
'Edwards has managed, brilliantly, to combine a Golden Age setting with
a pace that is bang up-to-date.' Peter James
