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Two Spinsters and a Swindler
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $17.99
ISBN13: 9781965255247
Publisher: Tenacious Teacup Press
Published: Mar 3 2026
Pages: 234
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Derbyshire, December 1815. A cozy family Christmas turns deadly when a visitor is murdered.
Louisa-Margaretta Haddington, still reeling from a broken engagement, must come to terms with both her parents' displeasure. Though her family's Christmas visitors are a welcome distraction, one handsome man in particular promises to raise her spirits by Christmas. But she cannot live for pleasure alone, as her father's financial difficulties threaten both her home and her family's reputation. What's more, there are warning signs that one of their visitors, an old lady, has come expressly to defraud Louisa-Margaretta's family.
Judith St Clair promised to help unmask the swindler, but she has her own troubles. Her father, usually the most mild-mannered of men, has not given her marriage his blessing. Unless Judith's fiance, Mr Ramsbury, quickly finds a profession, Judith will get not one penny for her dowry. Judith's sister Miriam is now engaged to a man who once proposed to Judith herself, raising tensions in the St Clair household. But Judith is too preoccupied by a sudden murder at Wycliff Castle to properly tend to her family ties.
The magistrate has no intention of sparing the Haddingtons or the St Clairs, and Judith and Louisa-Margaretta quickly find themselves tangled in his false accusations. If they wish to save their fortunes and their reputations, they must find the killer before Christmas.
This Regency cozy historical mystery will whisk you away to the English countryside.
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