A thrilling mix of mystery and romance! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen. Murder lurks behind the scenes...
1791, England
Lord Francis and Lady Ottilia Fanshawe have suffered a devastating blow.
With Ottilia sunk deep into a depression, Francis is desperate to get his beloved wife back.
So when he hears about a murder at the seaside town of Weymouth, an idea starts to form...
A young girl's body has been discovered, laid out in an open coffin, surrounded by candles.
The staged scene, and the fact that the victim was a member of a theatrical troupe, suggests one of her colleagues is the killer.
Knowing Ottilia's sharp intuition and penchant for solving mysteries, Francis brings her to the murder site.
Can the case spark Ottilia's interest? Will the intrepid 'Lady Fan' once more make an appearance?
And can she solve the mystery of the Candlelit Coffin...?
THE CANDLELIT COFFIN is the fourth book in the Lady Fan Mystery series: historical romance murder mysteries with a courageous woman sleuth embarking on a traditional British, private investigation in eighteenth-century London.
'The late Regency writer Georgette Heyer lives-and she's writing mysteries as Elizabeth Bailey!' - Meritorious Mysteries
'Ottilia is a strong, intelligent character with a real enthusiasm for detective work' - She Reads Novels
'They have everything you love in romances, plus continuing characters you can really come to love, and murders as well! Her heroine sleuth, Ottilia, is a fantastic character.' - Historical Romance UK
LADY FAN HISTORICAL MYSTERY SERIES BOOK ONE: The Gilded Shroud BOOK TWO: The Deathly Portent BOOK THREE: The Opium Purge BOOK FOUR: The Candlelit Coffin BOOK FIVE: The Mortal Blow BOOK SIX: The Fateful Marriage BOOK SEVEN: The Dagger Dance BOOK EIGHT: The Unwanted Corpse BOOK NINE: The Vengeance Trail BOOK TEN: The Hanging Cheat BOOK ELEVEN: The Killing Cave
