Destroying Angel (Rose McQuinn) - Softcover

Knight, Alanna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749079371 ISBN 13: 9780749079376

Publisher: Allison and Busby, 2010

Synopsis

The autumn of 1897 began well, but within days Rose McQuinn lost two precious things – her fiancé, Jack Macmerry, and her elusive dog, Thane. Her stubborn refusal to give up her job as Lady Detective cost her the man whose love she had taken for granted. A police sergeant couldn’t be expected to have a female sleuth for a wife, and so he found comfort in the arms of a more accommodating woman.

And now it seems that Thane’s real owners have been found. But when Rose tries to return the hound to the Staines family she is called upon to discover the identity of a blackmailer and thief. The family’s tragic past colors Rose’s search for the truth and plunges her into ever more dangerous waters. Just whom can she trust in this isolated haven, and what type of life will she be returning to when she finally leaves?

About this title

About the Author:

ALANNA KNIGHT, MBE, was born and educated in Tyneside, and now lives in Edinburgh. Since the publication of her first book in 1969, Alanna Knight has written more than forty novels (including eleven in the successful Inspector Faro series), four works of non-fiction, numerous short stories and two plays. She is a founding member of the Scottish Association of Writers and Convener of the Scottish Chapter of the Crime Writers’ Association and gives talks through the Writers’ Register of the Scottish Book Trust.

From AudioFile:

A lady investigator is hardly the norm in 1897--as Rose McQuinn is reminded when her fiancé says she must choose between him and her work. Now unattached and having time on her hands, she sets off to Alnwick Castle, where she becomes enmeshed in the messy family affairs of a royal photographer. Hilary Neville adopts a tone of confidentiality--as is appropriate for a lady investigator ("discretion guaranteed") who is recounting her most recent case. Neville characterizes Rose's persona of a proper lady who most decidedly is not going to be confined to her place. Neville's tone captures the manners of the period and infuses Rose with an attitude of reluctant deference and propriety. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Allison and Busby
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0749079371
• ISBN 13: 9780749079376
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262