Two Spinsters and a Madman: Large Print Edition: Large Print Edition - Large Print

A foundling, a murder, and a home full of people society has deemed mad. Can two intrepid spinsters save themselves and this rare refuge?Wealthy Louisa-Margaretta Haddington is spending a London season in the company of Mr Fortescue, a notorious rake and spendthrift. She knows she should not seek him out, but she finds him intriguing. Meanwhile, her old friend Judith St Clair has left her home to work in the Home, a refuge for men and women who are thought to be mad. The resident doctor is Mr Ludlow Fortescue, who is as serious as his London brother is irreverent. Though Judith finds the Quaker beliefs strange, the work is meaningful. When a foundling child is abandoned at the Home, its residents band together to care for her.Then Mr Ludlow Fortescue is killed.Suspicion quickly falls on the men and women who are residents of the Home, though Judith knows that not one of them would have intentionally harmed the doctor. Louisa-Margaretta, in order to escape her suitor, promises to solve the murder. But neither of the two friends knows where to start. And when a second foundling is left outside the Home, they begin to wonder if death and new life might be connected.A countryside Regency murder mystery that will intrigue and delight you.

• | Author: Eve Tarrington
• | Publisher: Tenacious Teacup Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00334 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1965255094
• | ISBN-13: 9781965255094