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Louisa and the Missing Heiress

Book 1 of the A Louisa May Alcott Mystery series

In this delightful new "tale of dark secrets, mysterious men, and heiresses in distress,"* Louisa May Alcott, the beloved author of Little Women, is cast in the role of amateur sleuth-investigating crimes more heinous than anything she can imagine in her "blood and thunder" romances.

Genre
mysteryhistorical fictionhistorical mysterycozy mysterydetective
Setting
19th centurybostonmassachusetts
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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