The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton

Elizabeth Speller

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780544002036
• eBook ISBN:
  9780547727400
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

"Combines a Ruth Rendell–like psychological realism, an Agatha Christie–like plot and a Dickensian feel for life's roulette . . . Pulse-pounding" ( The Wall Street Journal) .
 
When Great War veteran Laurence Bartram arrives in Easton Deadall, he is struck by the beauty of the crumbling manor, the venerable church, and the memorial to the village's soldiers. But despite this idyllic setting, Easton Deadall remains haunted by tragedy. In 1911, five-year-old Kitty Easton disappeared from her bed and has not been seen since.
 
While Laurence is visiting, a young maid vanishes in a sinister echo of Kitty's disappearance. And when a body is discovered in the manor's ancient church, Laurence is drawn into the grounds' forgotten places, where deadly secrets lie in wait.
 
"Speller's follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Return of Captain John Emmett, is a well-crafted mystery with intriguing historical details and measured pacing that creates suspense. Fans of Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series and readers who enjoy well-drawn characters in historicals will add this to their wish list." — Library Journal
 
"Leisurely and absorbing . . . a series to be savoured." — The Guardian

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• PART ONE
• Chapter One
• Chapter Two
• Chapter Three
• Chapter Four
• Chapter Five
• Chapter Six
• Chapter Seven
• Chapter Eight
• PART TWO
• Chapter Nine
• Chapter Ten
• Chapter Eleven
• Chapter Twelve
• Chapter Thirteen
• Chapter Fourteen
• Chapter Fifteen
• Chapter Sixteen
• Chapter Seventeen
• Chapter Eighteen
• Chapter Nineteen
• Chapter Twenty
• Chapter Twenty-One
• Chapter Twenty-Two
• Chapter Twenty-Three
• Chapter Twenty-Four
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author