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Lady Eleanor
Lady Eleanor
Series · 6 books · 2019-2023
By
Lynda Wilcox
Books in series
#1
A Poisoning in Piccadilly
2019
London, New Year’s Eve 1923, and Lady Eleanor Bakewell dances with American millionaire Henry T Eisenbach. When he dies at her feet she suspects poison, and the police suspect her. But the vital documents Henry had brought with him for the British Government have gone missing, and Military Intelligence now suspect her, too. With the threat of an arrest imminent, Eleanor must prove herself a Bright Young Thing in every sense in order to uncover the real killer. A Poisoning In Piccadilly is a high-spirited romp through 1920s London, featuring fast cars, feisty women, and the men who love them both.
#2
A Burglary in Belgravia
2019
London 1924. While investigating the theft of a priceless necklace, Lady Eleanor Bakewell spends an evening at the theatre, but her enjoyment is curtailed by the discovery of the body of Sir David Bristol, the play’s benefactor, in the box next to her own. Determined not to get involved, Eleanor is reluctantly forced to look into the case following requests by the murdered man’s mistress and a major in Military Intelligence. When she discovers a connection between the string of pearls and the murder, Eleanor is faced with her hardest case yet, and a gang of spies who will stop at nothing to silence her.
#3
A Traitor at Tower Bridge
2020
London 1924. Private enquiry agent Lady Eleanor Bakewell, and her maid Tilly, return in another stirring tale of espionage and murder.
#4
A Drowning in Dulwich
2020
London 1924. Private enquiry agent Lady Eleanor Bakewell looks forward to a relaxing few days at the Cuthbert Health and Beauty Clinic, where Irene, the owner, claims to have rediscovered the beauty secrets of Ancient Egypt. But, when Irene is drowned in the clinic’s exotic Egyptian pool the pampering has to stop. Convinced her death is murder, and that everyone in the house has a motive, Eleanor must uncover more than just beauty secrets if she is to bring a killer to justice.
#5
A Murderous Affair in Mayfair
2021
Private enquiry agent Lady Eleanor Bakewell returns in another tale of murder, intrigue, and romance set in 1920s London. Who had the nerve to commit murder at an elegant high-society party in Mayfair? Who among the other seven people playing cards that evening with Lord George Bancroft, notorious womaniser and gambler, put a knife in his back? Lady Eleanor Bakewell doesn’t know, but when a young parlour maid ask for her help in proving her innocence, the socialite sleuth is soon on the case. So, too, are Military Intelligence which puts a new and unwelcome angle on the case for Eleanor. Mired in suspects and questions about the dead man’s background, Eleanor feels overwhelmed. She will need all her wits about her to find the killer before the parlour maid is wrongly arrested for a crime she did not commit.
#6
A Death at Dovecotes Court
2023
A 1920s house party set in England's beautiful Cotswold countryside promised a weekend of fun to the twelve guests, but death stalks Dovecotes Court and soon the twelve are only ten. Can Lady Eleanor Bakewell, London's foremost private enquiry agent uncover the killer before she becomes his next victim?
Author
Lynda Wilcox
Author · 17 books