Kindle Edition Download to your Nook (eBook) Download from Apple iTunes (eBook) Amazon Cynthia E. Hurst Mysteries Category:  Mystery/Suspense Publisher: Lilax Books ISBN-10:  1984942743 Type: Fiction Pages: 214 Copyright: Jan 31, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781984942746 Price: $3.99 (eBook) A man returns from the dead -- or does he? Strange things are said to happen on Twelfth Night, although few as strange as the ghost of a man believed drowned years earlier appearing in the midst of the town's celebration, vowing revenge on his killers. The sighting might have been blamed on the potent punch being served, but after two bodies are found, the ghost's threat has to be taken seriously. Old secrets come back to haunt more than one person as clock repairer Jacob Silver and housemaid Sarah Simm help the police follow a trail that leads to killers past and present. Excerpt Jacob went back into the kitchen to find the stove glowing, the lamps lit and Sarah spreading his coat out on the table. “What’s this, Mr Silver?” she asked, pointing to the back. Jacob had nearly forgotten the missile which had hit him at the Red Lion. “Someone threw something at me in the pub,” he said. “I daresay it can be cleaned off.” “I think it was a piece of pork pie.” “It would be,” Jacob said with a sigh. “Don’t worry about it, Sarah.” “They play darts in that pub sometimes, so I reckon it could have been worse if they’d decided to use you as the board. People are horrid, aren’t they, sir?” “They are indeed. A coat can be cleaned or a tear mended, but look at whoever is attacking the Duckett family, and over what? There may never have been a legacy in the first place, just the rumor of one.” “If there was one,” Sarah said slowly, “and nobody ever got it, I reckon it has something to do with that old house. Maybe old Jonas hid something in there or just told his sons that’s where it was. Otherwise, why would that man have been there? And why else would Peter Duckett have been pretendin’ to be a ghost in that particular part of town? Nothing better than letting it be known a house is haunted to keep nosy people from looking at it too close.” Jacob just looked at her and she had the grace to blush. “Nosy like me, I know,” she said. “But doesn’t that make sense?” “As much as anything does about this whole business,” Jacob said.

Excellent Mystery, Characters & Investigating!!
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I've really been enjoying this series and feel this is the best mystery yet. I had a hard time with the first 2 books because of the extreme prejudices of the towns' residents against Jacob for being Jewish. This is England in the mid 1800's and I didn't realize until reading this series that it was so bad for Jews. It still bothers me in each book even though it's toned down now but these well written mysteries along with the wonderful characters make it easier to take. The interactions between the master of the house Jacob and his street wise former thief maid Sarah are wonderful. These two along with Inspector Carey are pretty great with the interesting deductive reasoning investigations (especially Sarah's) and I'm usually glued to the story until finished. Cynthia Hurst has a wonderful Sherlock type of thinking and I love it! My favorite of hers' is still Zukie and I really wish she would write more of this series. This one is second best though and I look forward to more.