A missing heiress lost at sea! A murder in plain sight that has no apparent victim! With stakes this high, is amateur detective Myrtle Hardcastle finally In Myrtle Peril? The latest thrilling installment in Elizabeth C. Bunce‘s Edgar®-Award-winning, and multiple Agatha- and Anthony-award-nominated Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery series arrives along with the paperback edition of the third volume, Cold-Blooded Myrtle, at all good bookstores tomorrow, and both are available for pre-order today here at Amazon. The critically acclaimed mystery series featuring everyone’s favorite Victorian Amateur Detective and Young Lady of Quality was named a best-of by Amazon, BookPage, and A Mighty Girl and received an Edgar® Award in 2021 and a 2022 nomination.
When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the Snowcroft family fortune, Myrtle Hardcastle’s father, a lawyer, is asked to help prove—or disprove—the girl’s identity. Is this truly Ethel Snowcroft, believed to be lost at sea with her parents, or a con artist chasing a windfall? Mr. Hardcastle’s pursuit of the case takes a detour when he’s hospitalized for a tonsillectomy—only to witness a murder. Or does he? With no body at the scene, Myrtle and her governess, Miss Judson, fear the so-called murder was a feverish delusion—until a critical piece of evidence appears. But where’s the victim? And who at the hospital could be harboring murderous intent? Myrtle is determined to find out before the killer comes after her father. With stakes this high, her sleuthing has put Myrtle, her family, and the patients and staff at the Royal Swinburne Hospital In Myrtle Peril.
