As a ten-year-old in Charleston, Charlotte Savatier was traumatized when she watched her Wacataw Indian mother and French father hang for a crime they didnt commit. That day, her Wacataw uncle whisked her off to Quebec City. A decade later, during the American Revolution, Charlottes husband, an attorney in the British army, is sent to Charleston to investigate the murder of a prominent French prisoner of war. Charlotte and her uncle seize the opportunity for revenge. Theyve known all along who framed and murdered her wealthy parents.

When Charlottes husband dies unexpectedly, the Charleston Board of Police wants her to take over his investigation. Years of assisting her husband taught her the pitfalls of getting men to cooperate with a female investigator, so shes reluctant to accept the positionuntil she learns the royalist officer she must report to is her parents murderer. Dedicated to completing her husbands investigation and getting revenge for her parents, Charlotte seeks an ally in a ruthless young Brit named Heathcliff. But as more murders complicate her investigation, she finds controlling Heathcliffs greed an even bigger challenge that could cost her her life.

Author:Adam Smith
Page Count: 264
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Publish Date: January 7, 2025
Imprint: Milford House Press
Genre: Historical Fiction

FICTION / Historical / Colonial America & Revolution
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths