Who stole the famous diamond, and what do wasps have to do with highwaymen?
Some key questions in the mystery at Oxbridge, and there’s only one person in the whole British Empire who has the answers: Lady Clarke! BUM, BUM, BUMMM!
I’m happy to announce that the first story of 2020 at my bookstore is a historical Holmesian mystery titled “AN AFFAIR AT OXBRIDGE”.
There is so much to say about this story, like:
– How I came to write it.
– Why Holmesian?
– Why steampunk (because it also has some steampunk elements)?
– Why historical?
– Why a duchess?
– Why a doctor?
– What happens to the deleted scenes?And the list goes on.
Well, I will reveal all of these in due time, but today I just want to announce that the story is out and there will be more coming out about it, because there’s just too much to say in one blog post, and no one wants to read it all in one breath anyway. However feel free to read the story in one breath.
​Here’s the blurb:
AN AFFAIR AT OXBRIDGE, the first story in THE WIND-UP MYSTERIES, is a Holmesian mystery novella, that features Lady Clarke – a fearless consulting detective – and Doctor Rachel Adler – her loyal friend and companion.
When the Eye of the East – a diamond as famous for its immense size and quality as for the curse which it brings upon its owners – is stolen, Scotland Yard’s clandestine ‘Special Branch’ turns to the only person in the Empire who can possibly recover it – Lady Clarke. But when she and her faithful companion, Dr. Adler, travel to Oxbridge Manor, they discover there is more to the mystery than just a missing diamond.
What do dangerous highwaymen, petty thefts, and the mysterious illness of the Lady of the Manor – stricken on the cusp of her much anticipated nuptials – have to do with the theft of the famous diamond? For most observers, nothing, but for Lady Clarke, there are no coincidences. Digging into the facts, she reveals a sinister plot that could shake the very stability of the Empire.
Read “AN AFFAIR AT OXBRIDGE” to see how it all unravels.
See you,Â
Misty
Some key questions in the mystery at Oxbridge, and there’s only one person in the whole British Empire who has the answers: Lady Clarke! BUM, BUM, BUMMM!
I’m happy to announce that the first story of 2020 at my bookstore is a historical Holmesian mystery titled “AN AFFAIR AT OXBRIDGE”.
There is so much to say about this story, like:
– How I came to write it.
– Why Holmesian?
– Why steampunk (because it also has some steampunk elements)?
– Why historical?
– Why a duchess?
– Why a doctor?
– What happens to the deleted scenes?And the list goes on.
Well, I will reveal all of these in due time, but today I just want to announce that the story is out and there will be more coming out about it, because there’s just too much to say in one blog post, and no one wants to read it all in one breath anyway. However feel free to read the story in one breath.
​Here’s the blurb:
AN AFFAIR AT OXBRIDGE, the first story in THE WIND-UP MYSTERIES, is a Holmesian mystery novella, that features Lady Clarke – a fearless consulting detective – and Doctor Rachel Adler – her loyal friend and companion.
When the Eye of the East – a diamond as famous for its immense size and quality as for the curse which it brings upon its owners – is stolen, Scotland Yard’s clandestine ‘Special Branch’ turns to the only person in the Empire who can possibly recover it – Lady Clarke. But when she and her faithful companion, Dr. Adler, travel to Oxbridge Manor, they discover there is more to the mystery than just a missing diamond.
What do dangerous highwaymen, petty thefts, and the mysterious illness of the Lady of the Manor – stricken on the cusp of her much anticipated nuptials – have to do with the theft of the famous diamond? For most observers, nothing, but for Lady Clarke, there are no coincidences. Digging into the facts, she reveals a sinister plot that could shake the very stability of the Empire.
Read “AN AFFAIR AT OXBRIDGE” to see how it all unravels.
