The Inspector Lazarus Mysteries by Suzanne Downes (#1,3)
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Overview: Suzanne Downes … married to David (second marriage for both of us) and we are rapidly approaching our thirtieth anniversary, and we are happier than we have ever been and enjoying spending time together now that I have given up work to write full time. I have three children, a daughter and son from my first marriage and a daughter with David. I have a grandson and two tortoises. Besides writing, I love reading, sunbathing and very old movies – and I mean really old! 1930’s and 40’s – even though they were made before I was born (I’m not quite that old!) Two of my children now live in Australia, so I now enjoy travelling to the Antipodes, whereas before I loved travelling to places like Rome!
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
A Troublesome Woman (#1)
Inspector Danby Lazarus and his assistant, Sergeant Tom Stonier are called to Havering Hall to their old adversary Lord Allingham, the man responsible for the conviction and hanging of Decima Watkins, whose death still haunts Lazarus because he failed to save her from the gallows, despite being convinced of her innocence. Allingham’s daughter Arabella has run away with a debauched fortune-hunter and Allingham wants her back before a scandal ruins her reputation. Lazarus is not inclined to help, but has no choice when he realizes that Arabella’s life could be in danger. When a series of poisonings distract him from Arabella’s abduction, Allingham uses his attractive niece Constance to bring Lazarus back to the matter in hand. The inspector would like to dispense with Constance’s help as she is a member of the despised Allingham family, but he needs her aid in interviewing the tight-knit gentry, who use their influence with the upper echelons of the police force to protect their own. As more young women fall victim to the killer, Lazarus begins to rely more and more on Constance and slowly overcomes his initial prejudice.
A Woman Scorned (#3)
The constant stream of visitors to the Spa towns of Hanbury and Braxton keep Inspector Lazarus and Sergeant Stonier ever vigilant. Amongst the invalids who come to take the waters and benefit from the thermal baths, there is always a collection of charlatans, criminals and swindlers who wish to prey upon the vulnerable.
Mr and Mrs Pardoe are offering to sell shares in a gold mine in Australia, Miss Elizabeth Virgo claims to be a clairvoyant, who can contact the late Lord Allingham for his loving daughter Arabella, and Countess Vanessa Kokic has miraculous cosmetics for sale, promising eternal youth and beauty to those who can afford to buy them.
It falls to Braxton Constabulary to unmask possible offenders and try and protect the public from them. With all this happening, Lazarus feels he has quite enough to keep him busy, but there is more to come. The much-wronged Elspeth Foxcroft has disappeared whilst on holiday in Whitby with her husband Clement, and Lazarus finds himself heading for Yorkshire to assist in the search.
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