The Mystery of Mostyn Manor
Mystery & Suspense, Traditional British, Fiction & Literature, Crime, Cozy Mysteries
| Author: | Arthur William à Beckett | ISBN: | 1230003074695 |
| Publisher: | Black Heath Editions | Publication: | February 8, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Arthur William à Beckett |
| ISBN: | 1230003074695 |
| Publisher: | Black Heath Editions |
| Publication: | February 8, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Having narrowly escaped a raft of gambling debts, cad-about-town Captain Dashleigh is sent by a crooked banker to Mostyn Manor, home of wealthy businessman Jonathan Mostyn, there to cheat his way into a share of the Mostyn fortune. Dashleigh's mission is compromised when he unexpectedly falls in love with Mostyn's daughter. But the gambler's past sins are about to catch up with him in the most brutal fashion...
First published as Moxon's Christmas Annual for 1878, this is a gripping Victorian melodrama of love, violence and revenge.
Having narrowly escaped a raft of gambling debts, cad-about-town Captain Dashleigh is sent by a crooked banker to Mostyn Manor, home of wealthy businessman Jonathan Mostyn, there to cheat his way into a share of the Mostyn fortune. Dashleigh's mission is compromised when he unexpectedly falls in love with Mostyn's daughter. But the gambler's past sins are about to catch up with him in the most brutal fashion...
First published as Moxon's Christmas Annual for 1878, this is a gripping Victorian melodrama of love, violence and revenge.
