The Prodigal Sister
An enthralling historical murder mystery from a bestselling Australian author.
Darry Fraser
- Headstrong
- Prudence
- North
- faces
- a
- dangerous
- blackmailer
- who
- threatens
- her
- family
- and
- her
- dreams
- of
- escaping
- domestic
- drudgery.
- An
- enthralling
- historical
- mystery
- from
- a
- bestselling
- Australian
- author.1900,
- Melbourne,
- VictoriaMiss
- Prudence
- North
- is
- freshly
- returned
- from
- university
- in
- Scotland
- and
- determined
- to
- find
- her
- place
- among
- the
- male-dominated
- world
- of
- the
- new
- forensic
- sciences
- when
- a
- high-ranking
- policeman
- waylays
- her.
- He
- threatens
- to
- charge
- her
- father
- for
- illegal
- medical
- practices
- unless
- she
- helps
- him
- build
- a
- case
- against
- local
- landowner
- Jasper
- Darke
- by
- spying
- on
- him.With
- her
- sister's
- illness
- worsening,
- if
- their
- income
- disappears,
- Prudence
- will
- have
- to
- take
- on
- nursing
- and
- domestic
- duties
- and
- she'll
- never
- have
- the
- freedom
- she
- craves.
- Prudence
- has
- no
- choice
- but
- to
- agree.Immediately
- taken
- with
- the
- handsome
- Mr
- Darke,
- a
- seemingly
- good
- and
- honest
- man,
- Prudence
- can't
- see
- what
- nefarious
- activities
- she's
- meant
- to
- be
- reporting
- on.
- She'll
- have
- to
- get
- closer...But
- when
- a
- body
- turns
- up
- at
- her
- father's
- surgery,
- the
- forensics
- reveal
- to
- Prudence
- there's
- more
- going
- on
- about
- all
- this
- than
- meets
- the
- eye.
- It's
- clear
- it's
- up
- to
- her
- to
- uncover
- the
- truth
- -
- of
- this
- murder,
- of
- whatever's
- going
- on
- at
- the
- surgery
- after
- hours
- and,
- especially,
- of
- the
- intriguing
- Jasper
- Darke.
- Her
- life,
- her
- family
- and
- her
- future
- rely
- on
- it.PRAISE
- FOR
- DARRY
- FRASER:'Darry
- Fraser
- has
- proven
- yet
- again
- that
- she
- is
- a
- master
- at
- writing
- Australian
- historical
- fiction
- ...
- The
- Last
- Truehart
- is
- an
- enjoyable
- and
- well
- written
- tale
- -
- a
- great
- yarn,
- a
- dashing
- hero
- and
- a
- real
- sense
- of
- place
- in
- the
- evolution
- of
- Australian
- society
- of
- the
- time.'
- -
- Great
- Reads
- &
- Tea
- Leaves'Darry
- Fraser
- effortlessly
- weaves
- historical
- events
- throughout...
- a
- must
- read
- for
- historical
- fiction
- fans.'
- -
- The
- Burgeoning
- Bookshelf'A
- fabulous
- storyteller
- who
- underlies
- this
- compelling
- plot
- with
- strong
- female
- characters
- who
- challenge
- the
- status
- quo...Fast
- paced
- historical
- fiction,
- first-hand
- experience
- of
- the
- South
- Australian
- landscape,
- and
- the
- added
- bonus
- of
- a
- plot
- line
- that
- has
- been
- drawn
- from
- Darry
- Fraser's
- very
- own
- family
- history
- make
- this
- an
- authentic,
- seamless
- and
- riveting
- tale.'
- -
- Better Reading
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