Lady Helena Investigates, Jane Steen
Lady Helena Investigates, Jane Steen
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Lady Helena Investigates

Author: Jane Steen

Narrator: Elizabeth Klett

Unabridged: 17 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/10/2018


Synopsis

A reluctant lady sleuth finds she's investigating her own family.
Step into Lady Helena Whitcombe's world with the first novel in a series that will blend family saga and mystery-driven action with a slow-burn romance in seven unputdownable investigations.
1881, Sussex. Lady Helena Scott-De Quincy's marriage to Sir Justin Whitcombe, three years before, gave new purpose to a life almost destroyed by the death of Lady Helena's first love. After all, shouldn't the preoccupations of a wife and hostess be sufficient to fulfill any aristocratic female's dreams? Such a shame their union wasn't blessed by children . . . but Lady Helena is content with her quiet country life until Sir Justin is found dead in the river overlooked by their grand baroque mansion.
The intrusion of attractive, mysterious French physician Armand Fortier, with his meddling theory of murder, into Lady Helena's first weeks of mourning is bad enough. But with her initial ineffective efforts at investigation and her attempts to revive her long-abandoned interest in herbalism comes the realization that she may have been mistaken about her own family's past. Every family has its secrets—but as this absorbing series will reveal, the Scott-De Quincy family has more than most.
Can Lady Helena survive bereavement the second time around? Can she stand up to her six siblings' assumption of the right to control her new life as a widow? And what role will Fortier—who, as a physician, is a most unsuitable companion for an earl's daughter—play in her investigations?
A new series by Jane Steen, author of the House of Closed Doors series that has delighted thousands of fans (over 300 5-star reviews on Amazon and over 700 5-star ratings on Goodreads.) If you're looking for an unputdownable Victorian mystery saga, here's where you start!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Intisar on December 26, 2021

Gentle and slow moving, slightly off-kilter, definitely not an active murder mystery story, but I really enjoyed it. There *is* a murder, but Lady Helena only investigates it a little, and then just tries to do right by folks... and slowly, more comes out. This story is more about Helena's growth an......more

Goodreads review by Kal ★ Reader Voracious on May 01, 2018

2.5 stars; more of a historical slow burn romance than a mystery. I would recommend this book to those who like slow burn romances and historical fiction surrounding English aristocracy; I likely would have enjoyed it a lot more had I not been expecting a murder mystery. Lady Helena Investigates is a......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on April 09, 2018

This is a very solid, enjoyable novel. The type of cozy mystery that you can curl up with on a rainy day, and have a nice time. I’m hoping the author continues this story in some way. And I may even read some of her other novels, soon! 3.5 stars, and recommended to anyone who loves Victoriana.......more