Release date: 1st December 2021
Headstrong Prudence
North faces a dangerous blackmailer who threatens her family and her
dreams of escaping domestic drudgery. An enthralling historical mystery
from a bestselling Australian author.
1900 Melbourne, Victoria
Miss
Prudence North is freshly returned from university in Scotland and
determined to find her place among the male-dominated world of the new
forensic sciences when a high-ranking policeman waylays her. He
threatens to charge her father for illegal medical practices unless she
helps him build a case against local landowner Jasper Darke by spying on
him.
With her sister's illness worsening, if their income
disappears, Prudence will have to take on nursing and domestic duties
and she'll never have the freedom she craves. Prudence has no choice but
to agree.
Immediately taken with the handsome Mr Darke, a
seemingly good and honest man, Prudence can't see what nefarious
activities she's meant to be reporting on. She'll have to get closer...
But
when a body turns up at her father's surgery, the forensics reveal to
Prudence there's more going on about all this than meets the eye. It's
clear it's up to her to uncover the truth - of this murder, of
whatever's going on at the surgery after hours and, especially, of the
intriguing Jasper Darke. Her life, her family and her future rely on
it...
I also adore her modern mindset, how she is trying to forge her way in the world when every thing is all about the men. I loved how she never backed down, stood up for what she believed and told it like it was
There was a bit of a mystery running through the story and I spent half the time reading waiting for the shoe to drop. It wasn't what I was expecting, and I loved that.
I look forward to what we get from Darry Fraser in the future.
