A Gift of Poison (The Brontë Mysteries)
The latest book in the acclaimed series by Bella Ellis which features the Brontë sisters as amateur detectives is just as fun, thrilling, and page-turning as the three books that precede it.
The disgraced former workhouse master has asked the sisters to help clear his name. Mr Lowood was accused of murdering his wife and had his name cleared in court, but suspicion and judgement from the people of the area hangs over him. He believes the real killer is after him too, while the young woman he seduced fears that she is being haunted by the dead woman. The sisters, meanwhile, have their brother’s drinking and debts to contend with as well as visits from Charlotte’s close friend Ellen Nussey and the esteemed writer Catherine Crowe. There is a strained feeling about the house as the sisters try to keep their investigations secret from their father, and also because while Anne and Emily have had their books accepted for publication, Charlotte’s novel has been rejected.
A Gift of Poison offers us the Brontë sisters just as their lives are about to be changed forever, before their books are published and before tragedy strikes. This is a wonderful novel in a beloved series and a must for all Brontë fans.
