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THE ESME QUENTIN MYSTERIES Books 1-3 (Esme Quentin Mystery) Kindle Edition

by Wendy Percival (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

BLOOD-TIED (Book 1)

Esme Quentin is devastated when her sister Elizabeth is assaulted and left unconscious miles from her home. Two days later, Esme discovers that Elizabeth has a secret past.
Desperate for answers which the comatose Elizabeth cannot give, Esme enlists the help of her friend Lucy to discover the truth, unaware of the dangerous path she is treading.
Together they uncover a trail of unresolved bitterness, blackmail and dubious inheritance and, as the truth emerges, Esme exposes evidence of a harrowing and pitiful crime.
Realising too late the menace she has unwittingly unleashed, Esme is caught up in a terrifying ordeal. One that will not only test her courage and her sanity, but force her to confront her perception of birth and family.

THE INDELIBLE STAIN (Book 2)

Esme Quentin’s arrival in North Devon is marred by the gruesome discovery of a fatally injured woman at the foot of Warren Cliff. Esme is troubled by the woman’s dying words and curious about the old photograph clutched in her hand. The police, however, dismiss Bella Shaw’s death as accidental.
But Bella’s daughter, Neave, has her own questions and approaches Esme for help. The subsequent trail leads Esme back to the brutal penal history of nineteenth-century England and the mystery of a Devon convict girl transported to Australia for her crime.
As evidence of betrayal and duplicity are revealed, Esme discovers Bella’s link to events in the past – a link which now endangers Neave and, by association, Esme.
A legacy of hatred which has festered for generations in the “land beyond the seas” now threatens to spill over on to Devon soil with devastating consequences.

THE MALICE OF ANGELS (Book 3)

Esme Quentin is reminded of a painful past when a journalist colleague of her late husband Tim, turns up unannounced asking about a story Tim reported on thirty-five years ago – the murder of an old soldier. Esme declines to get involved.
Meanwhile, Esme’s friend Ruth, prompted by WWII anniversaries, wants to solve the mystery of Vivienne, her mother Bea’s sister, a wartime nurse who never came home.
As Esme unpicks the threads of Vivienne’s past she stumbles upon a disturbing connection, linking the old soldier’s murder to her late husband’s fate. As events unravel, Esme realises that to uncover the secrets behind Vivienne’s story, she must also confront the terrifying truth behind her own.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B095X3FCQM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Old Key Press (May 25, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 25, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9.7 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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    4.2 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

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Wendy Percival

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Wendy Percival was born in the West Midlands and grew up in rural Worcestershire. She moved to North Devon in the 1980s to start her teaching career.

An impulse buy of Writing Magazine prompted her to start writing seriously and after winning a short story competition and having another story published she turned to full length fiction.

The time-honoured 'box of old documents in the attic' stirred her interest in genealogy and it was while researching her Shropshire roots that she was inspired to write the first Esme Quentin mystery, Blood-Tied.

Genealogy continues to intrigue her and its mysteries provide fodder for her website blog as well as ideas for further novels.

Wendy's website is http://www.wendypercival.co.uk

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    Not a bad story but rather convoluted. The poor grammar now and then is disappointing and can result in ambiguity. Sometimes a wrong, but similar sounding, word is used. It makes me think there was no editor involved in bring the book to print, which is a shame. It could have been so much
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