The Wyvern Mystery: A Novel

Set in Regency England, "The Wyvern Mystery" has the components of a disturbing detective story and a vivid historical drama. Little Alice Maybell is bereaved an orphan and taken to live in the home of Squire Fairfield, a widower with two sons, Charles and Harry. When Alice blooms into a stunning young woman, the Squire's behavior toward her becomes lasciviously menacing. To evade his advances, she secretly runs off with his son, Charles, to the family's isolated estate, Carwell Grange. The...