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One morning before dawn in the stables of her country estate, Lady Truelove meets a violent death in an encounter with a dangerous horse. Classified as "death by misadventure," this appears a gruesome accident. But Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands suspects foul play - a misgiving he is struggling to separate from his personal grievances toward Sir James Truelove, who is Lady Truelove's widower and the influential academic patron of Dorcas Joliffe, whom Joe one day hopes to marry.Joe enlists old friend and former constable Lily Wentworth to trail James, and finds an ally in a fellow police officer familiar with the Truelove estate. But as the investigation yields surprising secrets about one of England's most powerful families, Joe discovers how little he knows about not only the gilded lives of the moneyed, but also his relationship with Dorcas.
About the Author
Barbara was born in the north of England and after graduating from the University of Durham moved to the south. She lived in Suffolk for many years but has now made her home in the middle of Cambridge surrounded by wonderful architecture, coffee shops and bookshops.Her first novel, 'The Last Kashmiri Rose' starring Joe Sandilands, Scotland Yard detective and WW1 hero, was well received and named a 'Book of the Year' by the New York Times.The third in the series ('The Damascened Blade') won the C.W.A. Historical Dagger award.The thirteenth Sandilands book will appear next May 2016.A book of short stories has just been published: 'The New Cambridge Mysteries' and a fresh project - a swirling Scottish Romance set in the days of the Clearances will be out soon. 'The Corn Maiden' will be available in early December 2015.
