Lady Helena Investigates - Jane Steen

Lady Helena Investigates

By Jane Steen

  • Release Date: 2018-03-14
  • Genre: Historical Mysteries
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 669 Ratings

Description

A reluctant lady sleuth finds she's investigating her own family.

1881, Sussex. With a drowned husband—the second love lost—an overbearing family, no longed-for child, and the responsibility of a huge baroque mansion, it's not surprising Lady Helena Whitcombe is overwhelmed. When attractive, mysterious, French physician Armand Fortier disturbs her first weeks of mourning with his theory of murder, Helena's reluctant and ineffective attempts at investigation are hardly life-changing—until the resulting revival in her long-abandoned herbalist studies bring her into confrontation with her past and her family's.

Can Lady Helena survive bereavement the second time around? Can she stand up to her six siblings' assumption of the right to control her new life as a widow? And what role will Fortier—who, as a physician, is a most unsuitable companion for an earl's daughter—play in her investigations?

Every family has its secrets. The Scott-De Quincy family has more than most.

Reviews

  • Easy Read

    4
    By Van1456
    Nice book easy read.not to compelling and a little winding in some chapters.
  • Enjoyable

    5
    By smuonon
    Enjoyable
  • Fascinating and Dramatic

    5
    By Linmormaz
    This novel would probably attract more women on the basis of 1881 Aristocracy era. I appreciate the research effort to understand the daily lives and tragedies of the characters in this period.
  • Superb!

    5
    By goatseatoats
    An excellent story, recounted by a superb writer. A tale that was engrossing from the first page, to the last. I enjoyed getting to know all the various characters and was truly saddened when the story came to a satisfying, but much too early, conclusion. I’m certain some day I will reread this grand piece of fiction!
  • Lady Helena Investigates

    5
    By sometimers3
    How suffocating it was for women back in those days. I’d have hated men to the core.
  • very interesting plot, good characters and fine language.

    5
    By Dr Trivedi
    very interesting plot, good characters and fine language.
  • Wonderful

    5
    By BJL2020
    I just loved the story, wishing I could read to the end of Helena’s life to see what happens next. Great background, mystery and suspense for what will happen next! Love love loved it!
  • Lady Helena Investigates

    5
    By Bev teacher
    A truly enjoyable mystery. I loved the twists and turns the author incorporated into the storyline. Totally fascinating.
  • Descriptive

    3
    By ginnig48
    Not much depth to the plot. I easily pictured the surroundings and the people from the descriptions. Easy read but not really much to it.
  • Love this book

    4
    By Dianneesha
    Kept me second guessing my self. I didn’t want to put it down!