A Blind Lead by Lawrence L. Lynch

A thrilling and unusual Edwardian mystery novel set in London by the bestselling crime author of her age, Lawrence L. Lynch.

Iris La Croix’s kidnapping, and unexpected release, has been the sensation of London society. Yet Valentine Effingham, the fiancé of Iris, has doubts as to whether the woman returned to the La Croix family home is the same person the as Iris he knows and loves. Enlisting the aid of private detective Hillary Larne, Valentine and his friends work to untangle the mysteries surrounding the abduction of Iris and, ultimately, a hidden secret at the heart of the La Croix family.

Lawrence L. Lynch was the pseudonym of Emma Murdock Van Deventer, a best-selling mystery novelist from Oswego, Illinois, whose career spanned a thirty year period bridging the Victorian and Edwardian periods. A Blind Lead, her final novel, was published in 1912, two years before her death. This edition represents the return of this exciting and innovative novel to print for the first time since its original publication

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