For Deader or Worse: Another John Pickett mystery (John

For Deader or Worse: Another John Pickett mystery (John Pickett mysteries)

After a modest wedding ceremony, Bow Street Runner John Pickett and his bride Julia, the former Lady Fieldhurst, set out for a wedding trip to Somersetshire, where Pickett must face his greatest challenge yet: meeting his in-laws. Sir Thaddeus and Lady Runyon are shocked at their daughterâ€™s hasty remarriageâ€”and appalled by her choice of a second husband. Pickett, for his part, is surprised to learn that Julia once had an elder sister: Claudia, Lady Buckleigh, disappeared thirteen years earlier, leaving no trace beyond a blood-soaked shawl. When Sir Thaddeus confides that his wife is convinced Claudiaâ€™s spirit now haunts her childhood home, Pickett sees a chance to redeem himself in the eyes of Juliaâ€™s family. He agrees to investigate and, hopefully, lay the Runyon â€œghost,â€ whoeverâ€”or whateverâ€”it is. Matters take a grisly turn when Sir Thaddeusâ€™s groom is discovered with his throat slit. The timing could hardly be worse, for the whole village is aflutter with the news that Lord Buckleigh has brought home a new bride, just when Major James Pennington, the vicarâ€™s son who was Claudiaâ€™s childhood sweetheart, has returned on leave from war in the Peninsula. The major was apparently the last person to see Claudia alive, and Pickett is convinced he knows more about her disappearance than heâ€™s telling. Suddenly it seems the distant past is not so distant, after all. It may not even be past . . .
Country USA
Brand Sonatina Press
Manufacturer Sonatina Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber RKC2010817544
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780692729830
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Sonatina Press
Manufacturer	Sonatina Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	RKC2010817544
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780692729830
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

For Deader or Worse: Another John Pickett mystery (John Pickett mysteries)

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