Murder in Her First Degree
(Red Brick Mysteries Book 1)
By Lizzie Bentham
(Red Brick Mysteries Book 1)
By Lizzie Bentham
Publication Date: 14th August 2024
Publisher: Sharpe Books
Page Length: 284 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Autumn Term 1934
Manchester, England
Dorothea Roberts, a farmer’s daughter, leaves Derbyshire for the Victoria University of Manchester. Her academic career starts with a bang when she and her friends are drawn into investigating a spy-ring, after a chance encounter with a stranger on a train.
Members of the Women’s Student Union Committee are dying unexpectedly and everything points towards there being a killer on campus.
Dorothea must infiltrate the committee, whilst dealing with essay deadlines and her increasing feelings for the enigmatic Dr Geraint Hadley-Brown, before the killer strikes again at the Christmas fancy dress ball.
Worse still, Dorothea receives news that her friend’s daughter has been kidnapped, as a ploy to entrap her.
Can Dorothea unmask a murderer and prevent a spy-ring compromising national security?
Some lessons may be too dangerous to learn.
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Murder in Her First Degree
Lizzie Bentham
Lizzie Bentham started writing during the 2020 lockdown with the aim of creating some imaginary friends to talk to, who could get out and about a bit more than she could.
With Murder in Her First Degree, the first book in the Red Brick Mystery series, she combines her love of all things academic with another of her passions – murder mystery novels from the golden age of crime writing.
Lizzie currently lives in the West Midlands with her husband and two small children. When she is not writing, watching children’s television or visiting parks, Lizzie enjoy walks in the countryside, reading, flower-arranging and crocheting.
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I have just picked up my copy on KU. I cannot wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read a historical crime thriller in ages. I shall look forward to reading your book. How many books are in the series?
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