The Firebird's Feather

Marjorie Eccles

eBook - 2014

A sheltered young woman postpones her entry into Edwardian society to solve the untimely demise of her mother. London, May, 1911. The new king, George V, is preparing for his coronation. The suffragettes are campaigning for women to get the vote. The East End seethes with unrest. And eighteen-year-old Kitty Challoner is looking forward to ‘coming out’ in London society. But Kitty’s secure, sheltered world is about to be torn apart. Lydia Challoner is shot dead while out riding in Hyde Park, and during the ensuing murder investigation Kitty discovers that there was so much she didn’t know about her mother. Was Lydia really the killer’s intended target? Is there a link to her Russian heritage? Why had she been behaving so strange...ly in recent weeks? Was she having an affair? As Kitty determines to uncover the truth and wonders exactly whom she can trust, she learns that the household in which she...

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Published
Severn House Publishers
Language
English
Main Author
Marjorie Eccles
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB00OERTV00
Release Date10/1/2018
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9781780105789
Release Date10/1/2018