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THE MYSTERY OF THE SORROWFUL MAIDEN - KATE SAUN...

'Laetitia Rodd is a warm and engaging heroine' The Times For 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 Saunder'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 ended by a theatre fire ten years before. His great
friend  and the man he rescued from the fire  Thomas Transome  has decided to leave his wife 
who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs Rodd is reluctant to get
involved with the scandalous world of the theatre  she cannot turn away the woman in need. She
agrees to take the case. But what starts out as a simple matter of negotiation becomes
complicated when a body is discovered in the burnt husk of the old theatre. Soon Mrs Rodd finds
herself embroiled in family politics  rivalries that put the Capulets and Montagues to shame 
and betrayals on a Shakespearean scale. Mrs Rodd will need all her investigative powers  not to
mention her famous discretion  to solve the case before tragedy strikes once more. Praise for
the Laetitia Rodd Mystery series: 'A witty  genteel tale of secrets  lies and hidden gold...
Enormous fun' The Times 'With a well-crafted plot  an engaging protagonist  and astute nods to
the literature and theological squabbles of the period  this is a perfect novel for a summer
afternoon' Guardian 'A Dickensian glow pervades this immensely satisfying novel. Hugely
enjoyable' James Runcie  author of the 'Grantchester Mysteries' 'Pure delight' Sunday Times

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