Death and The Sisters, Heather Redmond
Death and The Sisters, Heather Redmond
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Death and The Sisters

Author: Heather Redmond

Narrator: Siobhan Waring

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/26/2023


Synopsis

London, 1814: Mary Godwin and her stepsister Jane Clairmont, both sixteen, possess quick minds bolstered by an unconventional upbringing, and have little regard for the rules. Mary, whose mother famously advocated for women's rights, rejects the two paths that seem open to her—that of an assistant in her father's bookshop, or an ordinary wife. Though quieter and more reserved than Jane, Mary's imagination is keen, and she longs for real-world adventures.

One evening, an opportunity arrives in the form of a dinner guest, Percy Bysshe Shelley. At twenty-one, Shelley is already a renowned poet and radical. Mary finds their visitor handsome and compelling, but it is later that evening that events take a truly intriguing turn. When Mary comes downstairs in search of a book, she finds a man face down on the floor—with a knife in his back.

The dead man, it seems, was a former classmate of Shelley's, and had lately become a personal and professional rival. What was he doing in the Godwins' home? Mary, Jane, and Shelley are all drawn to learn the truth behind the tragedy, especially as each discovery seems to hint at a tangled web that includes many in Shelley's closest circle. But as the attraction between Mary and the married poet intensifies, it sparks a rivalry between the sisters, even as it kindles the creative fire within . . .

About Heather Redmond

Heather Redmond is the author of the Mary Shelley Mysteries, Dickens of a Crime series and the Journaling Mysteries, as well as historical and contemporary romances written under the name Heather Hiestand. Though her last known British ancestor departed London in the 1920s, she is a committed anglophile, Dickens devotee, and lover of all things nineteenth century. She has lived in Illinois, California, and Texas, and now resides in a small town in Washington State, with her husband and son. She is the president of the Columbia River Chapter of Sisters in Crime.


Reviews

Goodreads review by "Avonna

Check out all my reviews at: [URL not allowed] DEATH AND THE SISTERS (Mary Shelley Mystery Book #1) by Heather Redmond is an engaging historical mystery and the first in a new series featuring the unconventional Mary Godwin (future Mrs. Shelley and author of “Frankenstein”), her steps......more

Goodreads review by Scott

This was an interesting mystery, though not quite as good Ms. Redmond’s Dickens of a Crime series. The constant animosity/friendship between the two sisters drives the novel and adds to the tension as both women strife to work with each other to solve the mystery, while at the same time, come to gri......more

Goodreads review by Mary

Heather Redmond turns an observant eye to London in 1814 and the lives of two unconventional step sisters, Mary Godwin and Jane Clairmont. Opportunity arrives in the form of an intriguing dinner guest poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Both sisters vie for his attention. When Mary finds a dead body in her f......more