The Dead Hand

While hosting a group of academics at Thorncroft House, Harriet and Matthew Rowsley find themselves confronted with bigger — and bloodier! — issues than unruly guests . . . The fifth instalment of the Harriet and Matthew Rowsley Victorian mystery series sets in England during the great Victorian era.

June 1861, Victorian England. A house full of academics should imply calm and quiet, but much to housekeeper Harriet Rowsley's dismay some of the guests seem to have problems with the estate's u...