Victorian Mystery Death at Bishop's Keep, Book 1, (Paperback)

from lahochstetler

This book introduces Kathryn Ardleigh, a nineteenth-century New Yorker who writes mysteries under a pseudonym. Just as she is looking for her next commission, Ardleigh finds herself summoned to England by a previously unknown aunt to serve as secretary for a mystical society, the Order of the Gol...

from sarradee

First in the Victorian mystery series featuring Kate Ardleigh and Charles Sheridan. Read this for an online mystery book group Daggers and Demons, discussion starts November 15th. Robin Paige is a pseudonym for husband and wife writing team of Bill and Susan (Whittig) Albert. I guess this is prop...

from ccrown

This was a fun and easy book to read. I very much enjoyed it and found it charming. The story of Kate Ardleigh, this young American woman who decides without a backward glance to change her life and move to England is well told. At the same time, Charles Sheridan is wrapped up in his fascination ...

from Stroudley

A nicely observed story of Victorian England, with period details such as clothing styles, modes of transport and social niceties well described. One criticism - the author's American background gives her away in the occasional use of American spelling, and the use of terms such as sidewalk for p...

from DrLed

Synopsis: Kate Ardleigh is a self-sufficient woman in a world dominated by men who expect women to be subservient and docile. She is supporting herself by writing 'penny-dreadfuls' when she receives an invitation to come to England to serve as companion and secretary an aunt she never knew she ha...