The Daughters of Gentlemen
A Frances Doughty Mystery
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The second book in the series of Victorian murder mysteries set in London, with a clever and determined female sleuth Frances Doughty is a young sleuth on her first professional case, trying to discover who distributed dangerously feminist pamphlets to the girls of the Bayswater Academy for the Education of Young Ladies. Armed with only her wits, courage, and determination, she finds that even the most respectable denizens of Bayswater have something to hide, and what begins as a simple task soon becomes a case of murder. As election fever erupts and the formidable ladies of the Bayswater Women's Suffrage Society swing into action, Frances’ enquiries expose lies, more murders, and a long-concealed scandal—and she makes a powerful new friend.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Stratmann's diverting second Frances Doughty mystery (after 2012's The Poisoned Seed), Frances takes on her first professional case as a detective. Concerned fathers engage Frances to find out who has been hiding a pamphlet entitled "Why Marry?," anonymously penned by "A Friend to Women," inside the students' textbooks at the Bayswater Academy for the Education of Young Ladies. When the school's housemaid, Matilda Springett, is found murdered, it becomes clear to Frances and Mary, her maid and friend, that the case is more serious. Vivid details and convincing period dialogue bring to life Victorian England during the early days of the women's suffrage movement, which increasingly appeals to Frances even as she strives for acceptance from the male-dominated society of the time. Historical mystery fans will be hooked.
