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The Dead Man's View , A Second Sons Inquiry Agency Mystery
Available formats: e-book and trade paperback
It's 1819, and when Eric Knibbs invites his second cousin, Prudence
Barnard, to a house party, she’s pleased to discover that she has a family,
even if it is a distant one. Since her father’s death, Pru has struggled to
maintain her existence without the affection and support of relatives.
Unfortunately, their reunion is cut short when Eric is found dead, hanging
from a noose outside his bedroom window. The coroner and his jury believe Eric hung himself, but
Eric was afraid of heights and could never have committed suicide in such a
manner. He won’t even allow the drapes to be opened in his bedroom, so how
could he have jumped out of the window with a noose around his neck? After a
quick examination of his room, Pru finds too many anomalies and can’t help
questioning the positioning of the body outside his window, facing the hedge
maze in his garden. Pru doesn’t have any answers, but she knows her cousin
was well-liked and generous, so she seeks help from her old friend, Knighton
Gaunt of the Second Sons Inquiry Agency. Pru soon learns the maze had a dark
past and neither Pru nor Knighton are prepared for the strange paths they
must follow to discover what deadly truth lays hidden in the shadows at
Kennington Manor. Was the dead
man’s view of the maze at the heart of the mystery or simply the killer’s
ruse to suggest suicide? Buy Links
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