While trying to make it big on Broadway, dancer Abby Fouchet finds herself falling in love, falling in rehearsal (!), and trying to outwit a clever killer out to destroy the man she loves.
In this Silver Sisters Mystery it's trouble at sea when Goldie and Godiva's eighty year old mother and uncle are invied on a relaxing cruise. Magic turns to mayhem for these former vaudeville magicians when a star magician is murdered on board.
Jan Harvey is an author and artist based in The Cotswolds,England. After a career as a magazine editor/designer working on various business publications she became an author five years ago. The Seven Letters is her debut novel and her fans will be pleased to hear that her second novel is underway. The two books are linked by Paris, the city that inspires her work.
Background
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Jan Harvey's most early influences were CS Lewis, Daphne du Maurier and The Brontės. Latterly, she has become a fan of Kate Morton and Patrick Gale. Her favourite contemporary novel is 'The History of Love' by Nicole Krauss.
Jan studied film history at university and much of her inspiration comes from old Hollywood movies and the greats of the golden era but particularly, Cary Grant!
Birth Place
Ormskirk, UK
Accomplishments
Winner the NatWest Oxfordshire Business Woman of the Year 1993
Winner The Hummer Short Story prize in 2011
Short-listed for the Wells Short Story competition 2015