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Anna Dean

A Place of Confinement

By Anna Dean - Published 2012

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There is a man interested in marrying impoverished spinster Dido Kent; unfortunately, he is the pompous clergyman Dr Proudlee. He has already worn ...Read Review

A Woman of Consequence

By Anna Dean - Published 2010

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Mystery/Crime

Impoverished spinster Dido Kent is back for a third case in this entertaining series. She has now had to give up her comfortable ...Read Review

Bellfield Hall: Or, The Observations of Miss Dido Kent

By Anna Dean - Published 2009 Published 2010

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Mystery/Crime

Spinster Dido Kent rushes to grand Bellfield Hall to help her niece solve the mystery of the latter’s fiancé, who has thrown ...Read Review

A Gentleman of Fortune

By Anna Dean - Published 2009

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Mystery/Crime

This is the second novel featuring amateur detective Miss Dido Kent and is set during the Regency period. This was a new author ...Read Review

Moment in Silence

By Anna Dean - Published 2008

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Mystery/Crime

Set in 1805, this delightful crime novel features Miss Dido Kent, spinster and trusted aunt of Catherine, who is summoned to the side of ...Read Review