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Cornwall is rich with natural wonders: gorgeous shorelines and imposing cliffs. But these natural beauties conceal dangerous secrets, as amateur detectives Lord and Lady Sheridan discover. Lizard Village, 1903: Wireless telegraph companies around the world scramble to develop the new... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lady Kathryn "Kate" Ardleigh Sheridan: Baroness Somersworth, author (under the pen name Beryl Bardwell) of numberous novels and the wife of Lord Charles Sheridan
- Charles, Lord Sheridan: the 5th Baron Somersworth, amateur forensic detective and wireless enthusiast
- Meghan "Meg" O'Malley: Lady Sheridan's American cousin
- Alice: Harriet Loveday's friend
- Miss Patsy Marsden: Photographer, world traveler, and lecturer; sister to Brandford Marsden
- Harriet Loveday: Deceased child of Lady Loveday
- Sir Oliver Lodge: Physicist and physic investigator
- Daniel Gerard: Chief assistant, Poldhu Wireless Station
- Andrew Kirk-Smythe: Major, Military Intelligence; a.k.a. John Northrup
- Dick Corey: Second assistant, Poldhu Wireless Station
- Bradford Marsden: Director, Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company. Old friend of Charles Sheridan.
- Wolf: Younger man, blond, fresh complexioned in a Cornish jerkin. Last man to talk wtrh Jack Gordon before his death.
- Lady Jenna Tyrrill Loveday: Mistress of Penhallow
- John Nevil Maskelyne: Well-known magician and amateur wireless inventor
- Edward Worster: Operator, Bass Point Wireless
- Bryan Fisher: American golf enthusiast
- Jack Gordon: Operator, Bass Point Wireless Station
- Edith Marsden: Bradford Marsden's wife
- Guglielmo Marconi: Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company
- Mrs. Claudia Fitz-Bascombe: Member, Lizard Peninsula Preservation Committee
- Thomas Deane: Constable, Mullion Village, Helston Bureau, Devon-Cornwall Constabulary
- Samuel Morse: Inventor of telegraphy and Morse code
- Niels Andersson: Sailor and adventurer
- Miss Pauline Chase: "Friend" of Mr. Marconi
- Helford: Add a description of this character.
- Tristram
- Major Robert Fitz-Bascombe: Secretary, Lizard Peninsula Preservation Committee
- Miss Agatha Truebody: Member, Lizard Peninsula Preservation Committee
First Sentence edit
They came through the blustery night carrying lanterns, the men of the wide Lizard downs.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 12 of 12 in Victorian Mystery. (standard series)
Preceded by Death at Blenheim Palace.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robin Paige (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 978-0425-21039-0
Page Count: 348
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 978-0425-21039-0
Page Count: 348
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3566.A3396 D47 2006; LC control number: 2005053676
- Dewey: 813.6
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