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Lynn Shepherd

The Pierced Heart

By Lynn Shepherd - Published 2014 Published 2015-04-16

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This book truly is inspired by Dracula, but it is itself an inspired idea that captures a place, a time, even a mood, ...Read Review

A Fatal Likeness

By Lynn Shepherd - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

1850/1816 London. One man, four women. The man is Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The adolescent women who protect him at all costs are ...Read Review

The Solitary House

By Lynn Shepherd - Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/Crime Thriller

Disgraced former policeman Charles Maddox works as a private investigator in 1850s London. He takes a surprising assignment from a shadowy attorney to ...Read Review

Murder at Mansfield Park

By Lynn Shepherd - Published 2010

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Mystery/Crime

The well-known classic Mansfield Park has been transformed into a whodunit murder mystery. Murder at Mansfield Park is a page-turner with twists and ...Read Review

Murder at Mansfield Park

By Lynn Shepherd - Published 2010

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The well-known classic Mansfield Park has been transformed into a whodunit murder mystery. Murder at Mansfield Park is a page-turner with twists and ...Read Review