Author: shericobbsouth
Now you see her…Still haunted by memories of his last case, in which an innocent woman was accidentally killed, Bow Street Runner John Pickett welcomes the challenge of a new assignment in the West Country. Unfortunately, this time he’ll have to leave his beloved wife, Julia, behind, as he’ll be traveling in company with Harry Carson, a member of the Foot Patrol whose swaggering self-confidence … self-confidence is an uneasy fit with Pickett’s reserve. After three days of trying without success to make contact with the man who sent for him, Pickett receives word from Bow Street that Julia has…
A duke in disguise . . . a damsel in distress . . . a match made in—Manchester?When 23-year-old Theodore Radney becomes the Duke of Reddington after his father dies, the weight of his new responsibilities is enough to send him into a panic. Theo soon accumulates a pile of debts—and discovers he can’t touch his inheritance until his father’s will is probated. His brother-in-law, mill owner Ethan … brother-in-law, mill owner Ethan Brundy, lends him the money, with one caveat: Theo will repay the loan by working in the mill.Daphne Drinkard and her mother have fallen on hard times,…
A letter . . . a secret . . . a murder . . .The eighth book in the series finds John Pickett bound for England’s scenic Lake District, where an unsigned letter has summoned him for an unspecified reason. Posing as a honeymoon couple, Pickett and his wife Julia, the former Lady Fieldhurst, take a room at the Hart and Hound as the letter instructs him. Once installed there, however, Pickett can do … can do nothing but wait for the anonymous contact to identify himself. A midnight search of the inn’s register seems to identify the innkeeper, Ned…
Back in London following his honeymoon (For Deader or Worse), Bow Street Runner John Pickett discovers wedded bliss is not without its pitfalls, as he finds it galling to be financially dependent on Julia, his aristocratic bride. When he is summoned to the home of Lady Washbourn, Pickett finds he has something in common with the young countess: like himself, Lady Washbourn has married above her … her station, and finds herself adrift in a world to which she does not truly belong. Now she believes her husband is trying to kill her¿and when one of her maids dies during…
John Pickett and his bride Julia depart London for a wedding trip to Somersetshire, where Pickett faces his greatest challenge yet: meeting his in-laws. Sir Thaddeus and Lady Runyon are unimpressed with their new son-in-law, but the squire asks for his help nevertheless. Lady Runyon believes the house is haunted by the ghost of her elder daughter Claudia, who disappeared thirteen years earlier … earlier and whose body was never found. When Sir Thaddeus’s groom is discovered dead, Pickett asks the Justice of the Peace (who happens to be Claudia’s widower) for permission to investigate. When Claudia’s childhood sweetheart takes…
Once a poor orphan, Ethan is now one of England’s wealthiest men — and he’s determined to wed the sharp-tongued Lady Helen. The duke’s daughter must marry rich to solve her father’s debt, but can an arrangement with Ethan bud into a beautiful romance? A delightful Regency tale!
A “lively historical romp” (Library Journal): After Lady Fieldhurst and her lover find her aristocratic husband murdered, she becomes the prime suspect. But when sleuth John Pickett begins to investigate, the young detective quickly realizes that the case isn’t so clear-cut.