{"product_id":"the-killing-cave-lady-fan-mystery","title":"The Killing Cave (Lady Fan Mystery)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe intrepid Lady Fan has a new mystery to solve! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorpses follow Lady Fan wherever she goes…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1799, England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA family holiday to the seaside takes a dramatic turn when Lady Ottilia Fanshawe’s young son Luke accidentally stumbles on a body in a cave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLady Fan and her husband Francis quickly rush to the scene and find the corpse bound and blindfolded with a bullet hole in his head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt appears the man was executed, and with smugglers well-known to operate in the area, the local sergeant suggests it was a quarrel amongst the reprobates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Ottilia is not so sure. The crime scene seemed staged, and the dead man too well dressed to be a common criminal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is nothing else for it. The Fanshawes must extend their stay on the Norfolk coast to allow Lady Fan to take the lead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with her health compromised, four young children to care for and a grumbling mother-in-law in tow, can Lady Fan summon up enough strength to unravel this mystery? Or will this be the case that finally forces her into retirement?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE KILLING CAVE is the eleventh book in the Lady Fan Mystery series: historical romance murder mysteries with a courageous woman sleuth embarking on a traditional British, private investigation in eighteenth-century England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The late Regency writer Georgette Heyer lives—and she’s writing mysteries as Elizabeth Bailey!’ – Meritorious Mysteries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Ottilia is a strong, intelligent character with a real enthusiasm for detective work’ – She Reads Novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘They have everything you love in romances, plus continuing characters you can really come to love, and murders as well! Her heroine sleuth, Ottilia, is a fantastic character.’ – Historical Romance UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLADY FAN HISTORICAL MYSTERY SERIES\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ONE: The Gilded Shroud\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TWO: The Deathly Portent\u003cbr\u003eBOOK THREE: The Opium Purge\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FOUR: The Candlelit Coffin\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FIVE: The Mortal Blow\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SIX: The Fateful Marriage\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SEVEN: The Dagger Dance\u003cbr\u003eBOOK EIGHT: The Unwanted Corpse\u003cbr\u003eBOOK NINE: The Vengeance Trail\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TEN: The Hanging Cheat\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ELEVEN: The Killing Cave\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ivy Shelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47287759732790,"sku":"9780854955732","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/1468\/1142\/files\/9780854955732.jpg?v=1787103739","url":"https:\/\/theivyshelf.com\/products\/the-killing-cave-lady-fan-mystery","provider":"The Ivy Shelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}