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It’s June 1940, and everyone must do their bit for the war effort. Dr. Benjamin Bones and Lady Juliet are busy welcoming almost one hundred evacuees—young children from London slums—to country village life. Meanwhile, a figure from Birdswing’s past has returned, while Juliet’s mother, Lady Victoria, is experiencing strange mental lapses. Amid all this, Ben and Juliet struggle to find time alone together, frustrated by the need to keep their love secret… and that’s when murder comes to their cozy corner of England.
The dead man under the bridge is a stranger from Plymouth. No one knows how he got to Birdswing or why he was killed, but Ben soon knows how he died—he was beaten to death. And when a maverick detective from Plymouth turns up to claim the body, Ben is drawn into a complex web of death and secrets buried deep.
The Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries Reading Order:
Bones in the Blackout (Dr. Bones Mysteries #1)
Bones at the Manor House (Dr. Bones Mysteries #2)
Bones Takes a Holiday (Dr. Bones Mysteries #3)
Bones Buried Deep (Dr. Bones Mysteries #4)
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Emma started writing around age seven but didn't find success as a novelist until her early forties. Before the runaway success of ICE BLUE made her a full-time writer, she worked in the Ophthalmology department of a major medical center. Though she was born in Florida and currently lives in Tennessee, she's a lifelong Anglophile who never stops learning about England. In her spare time, she is Head Servant to three cats: Howard the fat tabby, Zahara the imperious purebred grand dame, and Bobby the savvy ex-street cat.
