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Author_Jess Armstrong
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Cornwall
Crime
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Fate
Great War
Historical
Jess Armstrong
Murder
Mystery
Scotland
Secret
Product details
- ISBN 9780749031732
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 23 Oct 2025
- Publisher: Allison & Busby
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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October, 1922. Ruby Vaughn accompanies her elderly employer, Mr Owen, to Manhurst Castle in the wild Scottish Borders on the pretext of appraising rare manuscripts, but the truth is darker. Haunted by the loss of his son in the Great War, Mr Owen has come seeking contact through a séance led by a mysterious trio known as The Three Fates.
However, as the candle smoke from the séance clears, Ruby finds a body and discovers that she and Mr Owen are the prime suspects for the murder. To clear their names, they must unravel buried secrets and confront a killer willing to silence them - forever.
Jess Armstrong's debut novel The Curse of Penryth Hall won the Mystery Writers of America/Minotaur First Crime Novel Competition. She has a masters degree in American History but prefers writing about imaginary people to the real thing. Armstrong lives in New Orleans.
