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A Child Lost: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series
Paperback
Series: Henrietta and Inspector Howard, Book 5
Publisher Price: $19.99
Publisher: Woolton Press
Published: Nov 17 2025
Pages: 490
Weight: 1.24
Height: 1.09 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Mixing Mystery and Romance in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!
A spiritualist. An insane asylum. A lost little girl.
When a restless Clive begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he and Henrietta are sent to investigate Madame Pavlovsky, a spiritualist holding séances in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town and suspected of robbing her wealthy clients. What seems an open-and-shut matter becomes more complicated when Henrietta begins to believe the woman's strange ramblings.
Meanwhile, Elsie turns to her sister and Clive for help. She and her budding love, Gunther, are desperate to find Liesel Klinkhammer, a missing German immigrant and mother of Anna, the little girl in Gunther's care. Their search leads to the grim halls of Dunning Asylum, where they uncover the truth about Liesel.
After Anna suffers a seizure and is herself mistakenly committed to Dunning, Clive and Henrietta race to free her. But as Henrietta delves deeper into the asylum's shadowy corridors, she begins to suspect something very sinister is at work. When Clive refuses to believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands-with horrifying results. Can Henrietta uncover the truth before the walls of Dunning close in around her?
Perfect for readers who enjoy clever historical mysteries featuring a gothic asylum setting, a mysterious spiritualist, a missing persons mystery, a forbidden class-divide romance, a slow-burn secret love, a vulnerable orphan in peril, themes of grief and healing, and a married sleuthing duo.
Fans of Downton Abbey who love a good mystery-with plenty of romance and a dash of 1930s atmosphere-will devour this series.
★ Henrietta and Clive are a sexy, endearing, and downright fun pair of sleuths.-Library Journal (starred review)
★ Fans of spunky, historical heroines will love Henrietta Von Harmon.―Booklist (starred review)
★ Flawlessly written, and wildly entertaining! A thrilling five stars!-The Red Headed Book Lover
★ A story that leaps right off the page. A true thrill!-Paperback Paris
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