The Missing Heiress

from LisCarey

Detective Stephen Lavender and Constable Ed Woods, of the Bow Street Magistrates' Court are summoned to Northumberland to solve the disappearance of a beautiful young heiress, Helen Carnaby, from her locked bedroom in a tower.The local residents have already decided it's witchcraft, the better to...

from jamespurcell

Good start to a detective series about the Regency Era and the Bow-street Runners. Called to the very cold Northlands to seek a missing heiress, Lavender finds that a Sherlockian locked door mystery is only the beginning. Her brother and sister are not particularly committed to finding their youn...

from cathyskye

Based on actual events uncovered by work on her family history, Karen Charlton's The Missing Heiress is an absorbing glimpse into a Regency England far from London. Detective Stephen Lavender and his partner, Constable Woods, must deal with people who dislike any sign of authority-- farmers and g...

from john257hopper

A murder mystery novel set in 1809, not a period that is often the subject of historical mystery fiction, unless against the background of the Napoleonic Wars. This, though, is a novel firmly set in the wilds of the far north of England, involving the doings of the dysfunctional and tragedy-stric...

from irregularreader

I got this book as part of a first-reads giveaway.This was a wonderful little regency mystery. The book is well-written, and well-paced, with enough red herrings thrown in to keep the reader guessing without making the plot absurd. I loved the protagonist, Detective Lavender, and look forward to ...