For fans of Alexander McCall Smith and James Runcie's Grantchester Mysteries, the first novel in a clever new crime series about Victorian London and an indomitable female detective.Mrs. Laetitia Rodd, aged fifty-two, is the widow of an archdeacon. Living in London with her confidante and landlady, Mrs. Bentley, who once let rooms to John Keats, Laetitia makes her living as a highly discreet private investigator.Her brother, Frederick Tyson, is a criminal b...

'Laetitia Rodd is a warm and engaging heroine' The TimesFor readers of The Thursday Murder Club, M.C. Beaton and James Runcie, The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden is the charming third mystery in Kate Saunders's series about Laetitia Rodd, the indomitable Victorian lady detective.In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were en...

Tom is in shock. He's just discovered that his dad is an escaped fairy on the run. And that he must trust his life to three dangerous fairy godmothers he's never met. Two of them are hardened criminals, and one falls out of the window when she tries to fly . . .Will their mad magic be enough to help Tom rescue his dad from the clutches of some killer fairies?

"Reminiscent of Road Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . . . a great read-aloud." --BooklistWelcome to the most magical house in London.The family of eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily have inherited it, together with the mysterious shop downstairs. Long ago, the shop's famous chocolate-makers, who also happen to be Oz and Lily's great uncles, were clever sorcerers. Now evil villians are hunting for the secret of their greatest recipe. The terrifying...

Kate is a thirty-something-year-old adventurer and single mother who sells her stateside business to go to Kathmandu, Nepal with her young son, Jack. Her intention is to adopt an orphaned toddler named Devi, a little girl she knows only from a photograph. The expedition ends up completely redirecting Kate’s moral compass and forcing her to find peace within chaos. Stand in the Traffic is the story of Kate’s year long journey through culture shock, paperwork delays, and revolution....

A beautiful and heartbreaking novel from an award-winning author about a girl who gets swept up into an adventure involving forgotten toys, perfect for fans of Lauren Wolk and Kelly Barnhill."A delicate, funny, poignant exploration of grief, love and memory that has the welcoming warmth of an instant classic."--The GuardianEmily and her sister, Holly, were as close as sisters could be. They did everything together. But Hol...

In 1851, private-detective Laetitia Rodd is enjoying a well-earned holiday when she gets an urgent request for her services. Mrs. Rodd’s neighbor Jacob Welland is a reclusive rich gentleman dying of consumption, and he wants Mrs. Rodd to find his brother, who has been missing for fifteen years. Joshua Welland was a scholar at Oxford, brilliant, eccentric, and desperately poor when he disappeared from the university. Friends claim to have seen him since, in gypsy camps and wandering around ...

Großer Auftritt für eine unwiderstehliche Ermittlerin, die alles sieht und keinem auffällt:Laetitia Rodd ist die Frau für diskrete Ermittlungen. Sie sieht, was anderen verborgen bleibt. Man vertraut ihr, denn sie gehört dazu. Sie erfährt Geheimnisse, weil sie als Witwe in der Gesellschaft so unauffällig ist. Ihr Auftrag führt sie 1851 von London auf den Landsitz des reichen Sir James Calderstone. Sein Sohn Charles will eine junge Frau heiraten, der Sir James misstraut. Was verheimli...

M. C. Beaton meets Miss Marple in the second book in the Laetitia Rodd Mysteries, which sees Kate Saunders's Victorian detective on the hunt for a missing Oxford academic.In 1851, private detective Laetitia Rodd is enjoying a well-earned holiday when she gets an urgent request for her services. Mrs. Rodd's neighbor Jacob Welland is a reclusive, rich gentleman dying of consumption, and he wants Mrs. Rodd to find his brother, who has been missing for fifteen years.

Sommer, Sonne, Frankreich: die geniale romantische Komödie von Bestsellerautorin Kate SaundersSo lang hat sich Clare schon auf den Frankreich-Urlaub mit Charlie gefreut. Doch als sie in der sonnigen Provence ankommt, erweist sich das Hotel als wunderschönes, aber halbverfallenes Chateau. Und dann taucht Charlie dort nicht allein, sondern mit seiner Frau Beth und seinen Teenager-Töchtern auf. Beth wiederum kann kaum fassen, dass sie nun jeden Tag Charlies Geliebte Clare vor der Nase ...

Nach dem Erfolg von »Das Geheimnis von Wishtide Manor« und »Die Schatten von Freshley Wood«: der dritte Band der Reihe um Laetitia Rodd von der Bestseller-Autorin Kate SaundersLondon, 1853: Eigentlich sollte Laetitia Rodd lediglich dem berühmten Schauspieler-Ehepaar Transome während seiner Trennung zur Seite stehen – schließlich ist sie in der guten Gesellschaft für ihre Diskretion bekannt. Doch noch während Mrs. Rodd versucht, hinter die intriganten Machenschaften der Familie zu b...

Reifrock, Tee und Mord: Laetitia Rodd ist die viktorianische Ermittlerin, die alles sieht und keinem auffällt. Mit Diskretion, Scharfblick und Witz löst sie Mordfälle in der guten englischen Gesellschaft - Lesevergnügen für alle Fans von Anne Perry und Richard Osman.Das Geheimnis von Wishtide Manor: Laetitia Rodd ist die Frau für heimliche Ermittlungen. Sie sieht, was anderen verborgen bleibt. Man vertraut ihr, denn sie gehört dazu. 1851 bittet Sir...