The Missing Heiress

The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie must forge ahead with an investigation in this new mystery from the award–winning author. Archie Goodwin’s very good friend, Lily Rowan, spends much of her time—and considerable financial resources—helping women in need, from underpaid workers to mistreated wives. But at the moment she’s particularly concerned about one woman: her best friend, Maureen, a beautiful socialite who’s been incommunicado for two weeks. After Archie helps Lily comb through Maureen’s deserted Park Avenue penthouse, and Lily contacts each of her friend’s well-heeled suitors, they still don’t know much more than when they started. Then Archie tries to track down Maureen’s estranged half-brother, but he seems to have vanished as well. Fortunately, Archie’s employer, Nero Wolfe, has a soft spot for Lily. He volunteers to step in—just in time, too, as this missing-person case soon becomes a murder case . . . “[Wolfe is] one of the two or three most beloved detectives in fiction.” —Publishers Weekly “Goldsborough has all of the late writer’s stylistic mannerisms down pat.” —The New York Times

In this book, The Missing Heiress, the fifth in the DCI Buchanan series, DCI Buchanan is asked by his good friend Sir Nathan Greyspear if he could help his friend Amal Barazani with a private matter. Sir Nathan takes Buchanan to his club meet Amal Barazani. Amal Barazani explains that his daughter, Ziliini, heiress to the Mastrani fortune hasn't been seen since the previous Friday evening. First indications are that it could be a case of a spoilt brat having a tantrum and Buchanan asks if she has done this before. Amal says yes but it was always to stay with friends. Buchanan suggests that her friends are contacted. They have been, Amal Barazani tells Buchanan, but none of them have heard from her since the middle of the previous week. Could it even be a case of kidnapping for ransom, or is there more sinister reason for her disappearance? When a dismembered body, presumed to be that of her boyfriend, is discovered buried in a construction pit in the village of Westham, the indomitable team of DCI Buchanan and DS Street set out to discover why he was killed the whereabouts of Zilini Barazani the missing Mastrani Heiress.

Roseanna White Debuts Sparkling British Historical Romance Brook Eden has never known where she truly belongs. Though raised in the palace of Monaco, she's British by birth and was brought to the Grimaldis under suspicious circumstances as a babe. When Brook's friend Justin uncovers the fact that Brook is likely a missing heiress from Yorkshire, Brook leaves the sun of the Mediterranean to travel to the moors of the North Sea to the estate of her supposed family. The mystery of her mother's death haunts her, and though her father is quick to accept her, the rest of the family and the servants of Whitby Park are not. Only when Brook's life is threatened do they draw close--but their loyalty may come too late to save Brook from the same threat that led to tragedy for her mother. As heir to a dukedom, Justin is no stranger to balancing responsibilities. When the matters of his estate force him far from Brook, the distance between them reveals that what began as friendship has grown into something much more. But how can their very different loyalties and responsibilities ever come together? And then, for a second time, the heiress of Whitby Park is stolen away because of the very rare treasure in her possession--and this time only the servants of Whitby can save her.

In this book, The Missing Heiress, the fifth in the DCI Buchanan series, DCI Buchanan is asked by his good friend Sir Nathan Greyspear if he could help his friend Amal Barazani with a private matter. Sir Nathan takes Buchanan to his club meet Amal Barazani. Amal Barazani explains that his daughter, Ziliini, heiress to the Mastrani fortune hasn't been seen since the previous Friday evening. First indications are that it could be a case of a spoilt brat having a tantrum and Buchanan asks if she has done this before. Amal says yes but it was always to stay with friends. Buchanan suggests that her friends are contacted. They have been, Amal Barazani tells Buchanan, but none of them have heard from her since the middle of the previous week. Could it even be a case of kidnapping for ransom, or is there more sinister reason for her disappearance? When a dismembered body, presumed to be that of her boyfriend, is discovered buried in a construction pit in the village of Westham, the indomitable team of DCI Buchanan and DS Street set out to discover why he was killed the whereabouts of Zilini Barazani the missing Mastrani Heiress.

Why would someone want to kidnap the Earl of Riverton's baby daughter? Could it be for revenge? Ransom? A disgruntled servant? Perhaps some woman just wants a child. After exhausting every possible lead the child still remains missing and the family is devastated. Can the family recover from such heartache? Years later, a young woman accepts the position of governess to the Duke of Gladwell's daughters. The Duke is the uncle of the baby girl kidnapped years earlier from the Earl and Countess of Riverton. Evie Stanton the new governess has lost both her parents and must work to earn a living. She arrives in London to take up her position and through many strange occurances finds that the parents who raised her are not her birth parents but adoptive ones. After arriving in London she meets the Duke's relations who introduce her to several young gentlemen of the ton. One in particular, the Marquess of Waverly, is taken with her and proceeds to seek her out at every opportunity. What could he want with her? She is not looking for a suitor and she is below his station anyway. Yet, everytime she is in his presence there are tremors that run through her entire being. What is wrong with her? He really is a handsome devil, but he cannot want anything honorable, can he? She will just have to avoid him at all costs or chance losing her heart to a rouge.

Bestselling author Patricia Rice offers the next book in her Regency historical mystery series... Wycliffe Manor, a magnet for murder... On a long-delayed errand to remote Wycliffe Manor, ex-Lieutenant Jack de Sackville stumbles across the murdered body of London dandy, Basil Culpepper, in the hedgerow, a long way from his usual haunts. To Jack’s dismay, he discovers the earl’s daughter Culpepper ruined hiding in Wycliffe’s kitchen. Disguised as a lowly cook, Lady Elspeth Villiers may have liked to shoot Culpepper for ruining her life, but she dropped out of sight for more immediate reasons than an old scandal—her wealth has become the focus of greedy men. The arrival of Jack, the man she’s adored since childhood, along with Culpepper’s corpse, mean her hiding place is no longer safe. But once Lady Elsa reveals herself to the unconventional inhabitants of Wycliffe Manor, they become the protective family she has never known. Outraged to learn the beautiful woman he once loved and lost has become a target of greed, Jack joins the investigation into Culpepper’s death. With a murderer on the loose, the amateur sleuths must unravel a deadly tangle of kidnappers and counterfeiters or the Manor’s eccentric inhabitants will be in as much danger as their cook. GRAVESYDE PRIORY MYSTERY BOOKS Book #1 The Secrets of Wycliffe Manor Book #2 The Mystery of the Missing Heiress Book #3 The Bones in the Orchard Book #4 The Question of the Wedding Pearls Book #5 The Case of the Purloined Pages

Northumberland, November 1809. A menacing figure stalks women through Hareshaw Woods and when Helen Carnaby, a beautiful young heiress, disappears from her locked bedchamber everyone fears the worst. The townsfolk cry 'witchcraft' and the local constabulary are baffled. Helen Carnaby's worried uncle sends for help from Bow Street magistrates' court in London. Detective Stephen Lavender and Constable Woods now face their toughest and most dangerous assignment. Convinced at first that this is just a simple case of a young woman eloping with a lover, Lavender and Woods are alarmed to discover a sinister, murderous world of madness, violence and secrets lurking behind the heavy oak door of the ancient pele tower at Linn Hagh. Why did Helen Carnaby flee on that wintry October night? How did she get out of her locked bed chamber? And where is she now? Hindered by Helen's uncooperative siblings, distracted by gypsies, rebellious farmers, highwaymen and an attractive and feisty Spanish senora, Helen Carnaby's disappearance is to prove one of the most perplexing mysteries of Lavender's career. Set in the beautiful market town of Bellingham, 'The Missing Heiress' is the first in a planned series of Regency whodunits featuring Detective Lavender and Constable Woods.