The mystery of the sorrowful maiden / Kate Saunders.
By: Saunders, Kate [author].
Series: Saunders, Kate, Laetitia Rodd mystery: 3.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Isis, 2022Edition: Large print edition.Description: 348 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781399125109.Subject(s): Rodd, Laetitia (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Private investigators -- Fiction | Theater -- Fiction | Actors -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were ended by a theatre fire ten years before. His great friend, and the man he rescued from the fire, Thomas Transome, has decided to leave his wife, who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs Rodd is reluctant to get involved with the scandalous world of the theatre, she cannot turn away a woman in need. She agrees to take the case. But what starts out as a simple matter of negotiation becomes complicated when a body is discovered in the burnt husk of the old theatre. Soon Mrs Rodd finds herself embroiled in family politics, rivalries that would put the Capulets and Montagues to shame, and betrayals on a Shakespearean scale...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were ended by a theatre fire ten years before. His great friend, and the man he rescued from the fire, Thomas Transome, has decided to leave his wife, who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs Rodd is reluctant to get involved with the scandalous world of the theatre, she cannot turn away a woman in need. She agrees to take the case. But what starts out as a simple matter of negotiation becomes complicated when a body is discovered in the burnt husk of the old theatre. Soon Mrs Rodd finds herself embroiled in family politics, rivalries that would put the Capulets and Montagues to shame, and betrayals on a Shakespearean scale...
Adult.