Twopence Press Llc: 2 books

Violet Harper and her husband Sam are attending the long-anticipated opening of Egypt’s new Suez Canal. The canal is the mastermind of the brilliant French engineer, Ferdinand de Lesseps. Fireworks, galas, and canal cruises are all part of the planned festivities at ports along the way. Tensions...

Violet Harper might be fearless when it comes to caring for the dead, but she trembles at the thought of boarding trains—those behemoths of belching smoke and screeching brakes. Nevertheless, she must travel via one of these beasts from Southampton to Portsmouth. Her anxiety turns into horror when...