Murder in the Devil's Half Acre (Penrose & Pyke Mysteries, #1)

Penrose and Pyke go together like fire and kerosene in this first-in-series Victorian era mystery.

Trouble's brewing in the Devil's Half Acre. A death in an alleyway, a tragic accident in a factory, rumours of a murderer loose on the streets. It's enough to give a genteel lady a fit of the vapours. Fortunately, Grace Penrose isn't one to swoon at the sight of blood. All she wants is the chance to become the first female doctor in the colony. Instead, she must confront the harsh realities of the city's most notorious sweatshop.

When the police prove reluctant to investigate the deaths, she turns to a constable who is already up to his neck in trouble. Grace Penrose and Constable Charlie Pyke must figure out which deaths are accidents and which are murders, because the next victim might well be one of their own.

The Penrose & Pyke Mystery series is set during a remarkable period of social upheaval in 1890s New Zealand. The fight for women's rights has never been such deadly fun.

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Murder in the Devil's Half Acre (Penrose & Pyke Mysteries, #1)

Penrose and Pyke go together like fire and kerosene in this first-in-series Victorian era mystery.

Trouble's brewing in the Devil's Half Acre. A death in an alleyway, a tragic accident in a factory, rumours of a murderer loose on the streets. It's enough to give a genteel lady a fit of the vapours. Fortunately, Grace Penrose isn't one to swoon at the sight of blood. All she wants is the chance to become the first female doctor in the colony. Instead, she must confront the harsh realities of the city's most notorious sweatshop.

When the police prove reluctant to investigate the deaths, she turns to a constable who is already up to his neck in trouble. Grace Penrose and Constable Charlie Pyke must figure out which deaths are accidents and which are murders, because the next victim might well be one of their own.

The Penrose & Pyke Mystery series is set during a remarkable period of social upheaval in 1890s New Zealand. The fight for women's rights has never been such deadly fun.

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Murder in the Devil's Half Acre (Penrose & Pyke Mysteries, #1)

Murder in the Devil's Half Acre (Penrose & Pyke Mysteries, #1)

by Rose Pascoe
Murder in the Devil's Half Acre (Penrose & Pyke Mysteries, #1)

Murder in the Devil's Half Acre (Penrose & Pyke Mysteries, #1)

by Rose Pascoe

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Overview

Penrose and Pyke go together like fire and kerosene in this first-in-series Victorian era mystery.

Trouble's brewing in the Devil's Half Acre. A death in an alleyway, a tragic accident in a factory, rumours of a murderer loose on the streets. It's enough to give a genteel lady a fit of the vapours. Fortunately, Grace Penrose isn't one to swoon at the sight of blood. All she wants is the chance to become the first female doctor in the colony. Instead, she must confront the harsh realities of the city's most notorious sweatshop.

When the police prove reluctant to investigate the deaths, she turns to a constable who is already up to his neck in trouble. Grace Penrose and Constable Charlie Pyke must figure out which deaths are accidents and which are murders, because the next victim might well be one of their own.

The Penrose & Pyke Mystery series is set during a remarkable period of social upheaval in 1890s New Zealand. The fight for women's rights has never been such deadly fun.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940165611162
Publisher: Flax Bay Books
Publication date: 06/01/2022
Series: Penrose & Pyke Mysteries
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 164,447
File size: 385 KB

About the Author

Rose Pascoe writes historical mysteries with a dash of romance, when she isn’t plotting real-life adventures.

She lives in beautiful New Zealand, land of beaches and mountains, where long walks provide the perfect conditions for dreaming up plots and fickle weather provides the incentive to sit down and actually write the darn things.

After a career in health, justice and social research, her passion is for stories set against a backdrop of social revolution. Her heroines are ordinary women, who meet the challenges thrown at them with determination, ingenuity, courage, and humour.

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