Silent on the Moor

Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780778303046.

This is a wickedly witty Lady Julia Grey mystery. There are things that walk abroad on the moor that should not. But the dead do not always lie quietly, do they, lady? It is England, 1888. Grimsgrave Manor is an unhappy house, isolated on the Yorkshire moors, silent and secretive. But secrets cannot be long kept in the face of Lady Julia Greys incurable curiosity. In the teeth of protests from her conventional, stuffy brother, Lady Julia decides to pay a visit to the enigmatic detective, Nicholas Brisbane to bring a womans touch to his new estate. Grimsgrave is haunted by the ghosts of its past, and its owner seems to be falling into ruin along with the house. Confronted with gypsy warnings and Brisbanes elusive behaviour, Lady Julia scents a mystery. Its not long before her desire for answers leads her into danger unlike any other that she has experienced - and from which, this time, there may be no escape.