Brontë Sisters Mystery
3 primary works
Book 1
'Brilliantly entertaining and original' C.L. Taylor
'A standout book' Rosie Walsh
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author Rowan Coleman, comes a special new series featuring the Brontë sisters, written under the name Bella Ellis
Yorkshire, 1845, and dark rumours are spreading across the moors. Everything indicates that Mrs Elizabeth Chester of Chester Grange has been brutally murdered in her home - but nobody can find her body.
As the dark murmurs reach Emily, Anne and Charlotte Brontë, the sisters are horrified, yet intrigued. Before they know it, the siblings become embroiled in the quest to find the vanished bride, sparking their imaginations but placing their lives at great peril . . .
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Praise for The Vanished Bride:
'Evocative and utterly enchanting' Sarah Hilary
'A gripping, twisty mystery' Angela Clarke
'A splendid adventure' Guardian
'A treat from start to finish' Jane Casey
'Happily, more Brontë mysteries are to be expected' TLS
Book 2
THE GRIPPING GOTHIC THRILLER
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë are rather losing interest in detecting until they hear of a shocking discovery: the bones of a child have been found interred within the walls of a local house, Top Withens Hall, home to the scandalous and brutish Bradshaw family.
When the sisters set off to find out more, they are confronted with an increasingly complex and sinister case, which leads them into the dark world of orphanages, and onto the trail of other lost, and likely murdered children. After another local boy goes missing, Charlotte, Emily and Anne vow to find him before it's too late.
But in order to do so, they must face their most despicable and wicked adversary yet - one that would not hesitate to cause them the gravest of harm . . .
Praise for Bella Ellis and the series:
'Brontë aficionados are sure to enjoy the accurate characterization and context, the twists turns and Gothic touches of the plot, and the strong feminist streak that manifests itself throughout, but most triumphantly at the end. Happily, more Brontë mysteries are to be expected.' The Times Literary Supplement
'A splendid adventure' Guardian
'A delight' The Wall Street Journal
'Brilliantly entertaining and original' CL Taylor
'Insightful, moving and inspiring . . . an absolute treat from start to finish' Jane Casey
'Elegant, witty and compulsively readable - I think the Brontë sisters would have been delighted' Rosie Walsh
Book 3
'Teeming with details of the Brontes, of the times and the city, this is such a pleasurable read' - NB Magazine
'Captivating' - Crime Monthly
'Filled with twists, turns and Gothic touches, and a strong feminist streak' - Bradford Telegraph
The Bronte sisters' first poetry collection has just been published, potentially marking an end to their careers as amateur detectors, when Anne receives a letter from her former pupil Lydia Robinson.
Lydia has eloped with a young actor, Harry Roxby, and following her disinheritance, the couple been living in poverty in London. Harry has become embroiled with a criminal gang and is in terrible danger after allegedly losing something very valuable that he was meant to deliver to their leader. The desperate and heavily pregnant Lydia has a week to return what her husband supposedly stole, or he will be killed. She knows there are few people who she can turn to in this time of need, but the sisters agree to help Lydia, beginning a race against time to save Harry's life.
In doing so, our intrepid sisters come face to face with a terrifying adversary whom even the toughest of the slum-dwellers are afraid of . . . The Red Monarch.
Praise for Bella Ellis and the series:
'Evocative and utterly enchanting' Sarah Hilary
'Bella Ellis is a very special talent' Angela Clarke
'Brilliantly entertaining and original' C.L. Taylor
'More heart-warming than blood-chilling' Sunday Express
'Ellis's writing flows beautifully' Yorkshire Magazine
'Elegant, witty and compulsively readable - I think the Bronte sisters would have been delighted' Rosie Walsh
'A breath-taking concept . . . Fun, charming and intriguing' Araminta Hall
'A delight' Wall Street Journal