Martine Bailey

A Tabitha Hart Mystery

1 - The Almanack (Jan-2019)
2 - The Prophet (Jan-2021)

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  An Appetite for Violets
  

  • Jan-2015
  • / Historical
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  “That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you're invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. Then you find something, something you should not have found.” Irrepress...

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  A Taste for Nightshade
  

  • Jan-2016
  • / Historical Mystery
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  Manchester 1787. When budding young criminal Mary Jebb swindles Michael Croxon's brother with a blank pound note, he chases her into the night and sets in motion a train of sinister events. Condemned to seven years of transportation to Australia, Mar...

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  The Almanack
  

  • Jan-2019
  • / Historical
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  A Tabitha Hart Mystery - 1
  

  ‘Bailey’s prose sparkles’ The Times 'Puzzle solvers and historians will love this mystery' Booklist 'Murderously dark and delightful' MELISSA BAILEY SUPERSTITION. MURDER. VENGEANCE. Tabitha Hart earns a scandalous living in London, with whi...

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  The Prophet
  

  • Jan-2021
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Tabitha Hart Mystery - 2
  

  Destiny, prophecy and murder weave an intricate web in this beguiling historical mystery. Could a dark prophecy spell danger for Tabitha De Vallory and her unborn child? Cheshire. May Day, 1753. Tabitha De Vallory believes her life is perfect: she...

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  Sharp Scratch
  

  • Feb-2024
  • / Thriller
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  'A brilliant and darkly compelling thriller, with a genuinely creepy mix of mystery, psychology and murder.' - S. D. Sykes, author of Plague Land'A dazzling new voice in crime fiction. Taut, twisty and addictive. Martine Bailey is one to watch.' - Lo...

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