Hippolyta Napier

5 primary works • 8 total works

A Murderous Game

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 30 November 2017

A red dawn breaks over winter woodland, where two men stand, pistols drawn. Political strife has come to peaceful Ballater, bringing death in its wake, and Hippolyta Napier is once more drawn to find out more – even when her own life is in danger.
This is the third in the Hippolyta Napier series set in 19th. century Scotland.

The Thankless Child

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 31 January 2019

The sun is shining, Ballater is full of wealthy visitors, and Mrs. Kynoch's school for young ladies is flourishing - until one pupil, the daughter of a slave-owner, vanishes. Has she eloped with a rich man, or is something more sinister afoot? Hippolyta Napier needs to know, before a vulnerable local man is accused of something he could not have done.

A Lochgorm Lament

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 9 January 2020

‘Uncle!’
The man lay with his head propped against the standing stone – what was left of his head. Hippolyta swallowed hard. ‘I’m a doctor’s wife,’ she told herself. ‘I can manage.’
No one can think why this man has been murdered, nor why passing farmer has also been attacked. But as Hippolyta Napier does her best to assist the sheriff’s man in damp, autumnal Ballater, they gradually unfold a web of violence, past tragedy and present crisis, threatening anyone who comes near it. A Lochgorm Lament is the fifth in the Ballater Murder series, set in 1830s Scotland.

The Corrupted Blood

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 10 May 2021

Hippolyta Napier was hoping for good tenants for her new cottage, but the first resident is already dead. Who was he? Why was he there? And will the disappearance of a fitness instructor and the strange activities of a new bride offer any clue to the mystery?

A Day for Death

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 30 June 2023

Lady Northland is setting up a charitable clothing society, but charity is far from the thoughts of some of her neighbours. By the time someone dies, it’s hard to tell who the murderer is or whom they might have intended to kill – but when another body is found Hippolyta Napier cannot resist trying to help, and in the process try to solve her own problems.

Death of a False Physician

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 30 December 2016

The dreadful day is approaching for the Napiers in Ballater: Hippolyta Napier's mother is coming to stay.But Mrs. Fettes is not just in Aberdeenshire to visit her youngest daughter: she has other reasons, and one will draw the whole family in, with deadly results.

A Knife in Darkness

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 30 December 2016

The distant Scottish spa town of Ballater seems a world away from the stylish and familiar streets of Georgian Edinburgh, but recently married Hippolyta Napier is making a new life amidst its dark woods and pure, flowing waters. But suspicion, intrigue and death await both inside and outside her new home, and the forces of nature take few prisoners.

The Children's Party

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 27 November 2023

Edinburgh, 1828: Mrs. Fettes, competitively charitable, needs help to run a New Year party for poor children. But when things don’t go according to plan, it’s her daughter Hippolyta who has to solve the mystery and save the day – and the dog.