Consequences of Sin (Ursula Marlowe Series #1)

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For fans of Maisie Dobbs, a riveting new Edwardian mystery series featuring detective heiress Ursula Marlow

Ursula Marlow, the star of this richly detailed, beautifully paced, deeply romantic mystery, is a strong female heroine with whom fans of Dorothy Sayers, Sarah Waters, Anne Perry, and Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series will instantly fall in love. An Oxford graduate active in the battle for women's suffrage, Ursula is not your typical Edwardian heiress. Her ...

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For fans of Maisie Dobbs, a riveting new Edwardian mystery series featuring detective heiress Ursula Marlow

Ursula Marlow, the star of this richly detailed, beautifully paced, deeply romantic mystery, is a strong female heroine with whom fans of Dorothy Sayers, Sarah Waters, Anne Perry, and Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series will instantly fall in love. An Oxford graduate active in the battle for women's suffrage, Ursula is not your typical Edwardian heiress. Her once-charmed life takes a frightening turn when a fellow suffragette and friend is accused of murder. As Ursula digs deeper to discover the truth and clear her friend's tarnished name, she is drawn into a mystery that raises troubling questions about her own father's connection to the murder victim.

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Fans of recent critically acclaimed historical whodunits like Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder and The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin should make it a point to remember the name Clare Langley-Hawthorne the next time they're looking for something new to read. Her impressive debut novel, Consequences of Sin, adeptly reconstructs the politically and socially supercharged atmosphere of early-20th-century London and features unlikely 22-year-old heroine Ursula Marlow.

Not a typical Edwardian heiress, Ursula is an Oxford graduate and a fervent suffragette unsuccessfully trying to launch her a career in the male-dominated industry of journalism. Living in a society that openly represses women, her biggest adversary is the culture itself, which has all but predestined her to a future role as an upstanding and obedient wife, seen but not heard. But when Marlow's best friend, a radical activist named Winifred, is wrongly accused of murder, Marlow soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in a surreal game of life-and-death that includes treachery, greed, a decades-old curse -- and a vengeance-obsessed killer. Can a young woman who can't even vote solve an elaborate mystery that has tormented and eluded brilliant men for decades?

Blending historical fiction and the amateur-sleuth whodunit with a generous helping of romance, Langley-Hawthorne's first novel may surprised readers with its subtle narrative complexity. The unexpected plot twists at the book's conclusion, particularly, make Consequences of Sin a must-read for anyone who enjoys historical mysteries. The first in a projected series featuring a tenacious -- and endearing -- protagonist. Paul Goat Allen
Joanne Sasvari
Langley-Hawthorne follows in the pertly trod path set by Jacqueline Winspear. . . . Consequences of Sin is more Dorothy Sayers than CSI, which isn't a bad thing at all.
— Calgary Herald
Publishers Weekly
Langley-Hawthorne's debut, billed as the first in a new Edwardian series, introduces an aspiring journalist and an Oxford-educated heiress, Ursula Marlow, who has a lot to learn about good detective work. Ursula's sheltered life begins to unravel after she receives a frantic late-night call from her friend Winifred Stanford-Jones, who's awakened to her lesbian lover's bloody corpse in her bed. Ursula summons Lord Oliver Wrotham, legal adviser to her industrialist father, but she bristles at the condescending, restrictive male power structure of Edwardian London and launches her own probe into the murder-with limited success. More deaths follow, including that of Ursula's father. Suspecting the crimes may be linked to a botanical expedition to South America, Ursula embarks for its jungles to confirm her theory. Whodunit fans may feel let down by the chance discovery of the culprit's identity, though romance readers should appreciate the conflict between the heroine's attraction to the dark, handsome Lord Wrotham and her sense of duty to marry the man her father intended for her. (Feb.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
Sins of the past turn an Edwardian lady's bright future into a nightmare. Oxford graduate Ursula Marlow is a suffragette fighting her industrialist father's dearest wish to see her married, preferably to his up-and-coming assistant, Tom Cumberland. When a friend awakens, with no memory, to find her lesbian lover murdered in their bed, she asks for help. Ursula calls in her father's trusted lawyer, the handsome Lord Wrotham, but he and the police dismiss her with platitudes. Turning sleuth, resourceful Ursula digs up some mysterious maneuvers involving her father and several of his wealthy friends. All too soon, however, her father is shot dead and Lord Wrotham is appointed her trustee. In shock, she agrees to marry the unloved Tom in order to honor her father's wishes. The papers of Ursula's long-dead mother hint that the murders are related to an expedition to the Orinoco in which a botanist who worked for her father's group was killed. So in a last-ditch effort to discover the truth, she disguises herself as a man and travels to the jungle. Lord Wrotham traces her and shows up just in time to save her from the crazed botanist, who's very much alive. They return to London as lovers, but there is one last danger to overcome before the mystery is solved. An engaging heroine, the lure of romance, a rapid pace and the requisite period detail.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780143112938
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 1/29/2008
  • Series: Ursula Marlowe Series , #1
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 272
  • Product dimensions: 5.18 (w) x 7.82 (h) x 0.49 (d)

Meet the Author

Born in Canada and raised in England and Australia, Clare Langley-Hawthorne was a practicing attorney in Melbourne until emigrating to the United States in 1995. Once here, she obtained her MA and LLM and worked as an economist for the health care industry before beginning her career as a writer. She lives in the San Francisco bay area with her Australian husband, her twin sons, and her collie.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 5, 2008

    yeah its good

    Omg! this is a good book but its kind of perdictable, i dont want o give anything away but as soon as you read the first hundred pages you've pretty much figured out how the book is gonna end. on the other hand its romantic and scary.

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