Death at Devil's Bridge
Book description
Newlyweds Charles and Kate Sheridan have moved into Kate's ancestral Georgian home Bishop's Keep, where Kate plans to devote herself to her writing and Charles to the responsibilities of the landed gentry. He agrees to host an automobile exhibition and balloon race at Bishop's Keep attended by Europe's foremost investors…
Why read it?
1 author picked Death at Devil's Bridge as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I dearly loved the Robin Paige books and was so sorry when Susan and Bill Albert (the authors behind the pseudonym) stopped writing them.
These books were always entertaining and always provided me with a place where I wanted to live for a while with people I wanted to know.
Real people were always creeping into the story, in this case Messrs. Rolls and Royce, in a fictional account of their first meeting. So redolent of the time, late 1800s, and the place, coziest England.
A little witchcraft, a balloon race, an automobile race featuring a steamer, an electric, and…
From Jeanne's list on historical mysteries that make the period come alive.
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