Von einer Kindheit umgeben von Büchern und einer tiefen Liebe zur Geschichte angetrieben, entwickelte die Autorin ihr Schreiben als natürliche Fortsetzung ihrer Leseleidenschaft. Ihr akademischer Hintergrund in englischer Literatur und mittelalterlicher Geschichte prägt ihre einzigartige literarische Stimme. Sie erschafft Erzählungen, die sich in historische Schauplätze vertiefen und die Vergangenheit mit fesselnden Charakteren und immersiven Details lebendig werden lassen. Leser werden ihren sorgfältigen Ansatz zur historischen Authentizität und ihre Fähigkeit, fesselnde Geschichten zu weben, schätzen.
Elizabeth ist die Königin von England. Aber das goldene Zeitalter ihrer Herrschaft steht unter tödlicher Bedrohung: Spaniens König Philipp rüstet seine Armada, um England zu erobern. Nur der Seefahrer und Abenteurer Sir Walter Raleigh kann die Invasion verhindern. Elizabeth fühlt sich zu Raleigh hingezogen. Aber darf sie sich dieses Gefühl erlauben, während sie um ihren Thron kämpfen muss? Der historische Roman um Glanz und Drama der Tudorzeit.
Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, this suspenseful tale weaves a narrative filled with stolen jewels and secret identities. As the plot unfolds, the characters navigate a world fraught with danger and intrigue, where death lurks at every turn, creating a captivating atmosphere of tension and mystery.
Returning from their honeymoon and near brush with death in Constantinople, Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves are relaxing at his mother's beautiful estate in Normandy. But the calm Emily so desperately seeks is shattered when, out riding her horse, she comes across the body of a young woman who has been brutally murdered; the wounds on her body mirroring those of those inflicted on the victims of Jack the Ripper who has wreaked havoc across the channel in London. Pursuing a trail of clues and victims to the beautiful medieval city of Rouen, Emily begins to fear for her own sanity. She hears the cries of a young girl she cannot find and discovers blue ribbons left in the child's wake. And as Emily is forced to match wits with a brilliant and manipulative killer, only her courage and instincts can prevent her from becoming his next victim
In this thrilling new addition to the New York Times bestselling series, Lady Emily travels to Paris where she struggles to unmask a murderer amid a case of assumed identities and shadowy figures In Tasha Alexander's novel The Counterfeit Heiress, after an odd encounter at a grand masquerade ball, Lady Emily becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of one of the guests, a sometime actress trying to pass herself off as the mysterious heiress and world traveler Estella Lamar. Each small discovery, however, leads to more questions. Was the intended victim Miss Lamar or the imposter? And who would want either of them dead? As Emily and Colin try to make sense of all this, a larger puzzle begins to emerge: No one has actually seen Estella Lamar in years, since her only contact has been through letters and the occasional blurry news photograph. Is she even alive? Emily and Colin's investigation of this double mystery takes them from London to Paris, where, along with their friend Cécile, they must scour the darkest corners of the city in search of the truth. *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of The Counterfeit Heiress includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide
From New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander comes the latest installment in the Lady Emily series. Death in St. Petersburg is a gripping new tale that will mesmerize fans of historical fiction and classic mysteries alike. After the final curtain of Swan Lake, an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement from the night’s performance. But outside the scene is somber. A ballerina’s body lies face down in the snow, blood splattered like rose petals over the costume of the Swan Queen. The crowd is silenced by a single cry— “Nemetseva is dead!” Amongst the theatergoers is Lady Emily, accompanying her dashing husband Colin in Russia on assignment from the Crown. But it soon becomes clear that Colin isn’t the only one with work to do. When the dead ballerina’s aristocratic lover comes begging for justice, Emily must apply her own set of skills to discover the rising star’s murderer. Her investigation takes her on a dance across the stage of Tsarist Russia, from the opulence of the Winter Palace, to the modest flats of ex-ballerinas and the locked attics of political radicals. A mysterious dancer in white follows closely behind, making waves through St. Petersburg with her surprise performances and trail of red scarves. Is it the sweet Katenka, Nemetseva’s childhood friend and favorite rival? The ghost of the murdered étoile herself? Or, something even more sinister?
Anglemore Park is the ancestral home of Lady Emily Hargreave's husband Colin. But the stately calm of country life is destroyed when their neighbor, the Marquess of Montagu, bursts through the French doors from the garden and falls down dead in front of the shocked gathering. But who has a motive for murdering the young aristocrat?
In Uneasy Lies the Crown, the thrilling new mystery in Tasha Alexander's
bestselling series, Lady Emily and her husband Colin must stop a serial killer
whose sights may be set on the new king, Edward VII.
