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For Kathryn Ardleigh and her newly Lorded husband Charles, a seaside holiday in Rottingdean is a needed rest. The cozy hamlet is built on a labyrinth of hundred-year-old tunnels that once were used by smugglers. But when a coast guard's body is found on the beach, the town is suspected to... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Kathryn Ardleigh: Irish American feminist happens to discover a long-lost English relative in need of help. She's also an author with seemingly eccentric ways for Victorian England.
- Charles Sheridan: now Baron Somersworth
- Patrick: local boy living in Rottingdean whose father is currently posted in India
- Aunt Georgie: Lady Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling's colorful aunt living in Rottingdean
- Harry Tudwell: local stablemaster and entrepreneur, employs Patrick to run errands
- Mr. Mounter: local villager, does some work for Aunt Georgie
- Mrs. Portney: housekeeper for the cottage Kate and Charles have rented for their holiday
- Jack Woodhouse: local constable taking little interest in the deaths
- Captain Foxy Smith: member of the coast guard, found shot
- Robert Pinckney: chief constable at Brighton, friend of Lady Burne-Jones (Aunt Georgie)
- Mrs. Higgs: local laundress who also boards Patrick for his father who's posted in India
- Amelia: Kate's maid, married to Lawrence
- Lawrence: Charles' manservant/mechanic
- George Radford: member of the coast guard, found in the ocean
- John: the Kipling's latest baby
- Caroline Kipling: Rudyard Kipling's wife
- Mrs. Howard: villager, recently opened a dressmaker's shop with mysterious funds
- Beryl Bardwell: Kate's pseudonym for writing mystery/adventure novels
- Hauptmann: Bavarian Count, Germany's cultural representative
- Mr. Barker: gun seller in Brighton
- Trunky Thomas: villager, runs the bathing machines, rival for Harry Tudwell's position
- Dr. Barriston: coroner from Brighton, proponent of the newly discovered X-rays
- Mr. Landsdowne: village chemist
- Rudyard Kipling: writer, recently relocated to Rottingdean
- Waldemar Hertling: antiquarian professor visiting the area
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 12 in Victorian Mystery. (standard series)
Preceded by Death at Devil's Bridge, and followed by Death at Whitechapel.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robin Paige (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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