Jacqueline Beard Books

Accused of a crime she didn't commit, Connie flees Cornwall in despair. But with Oliver Fox's help, she begins an independent life complete with a fledgling romance. Connie's new world is looking promising until she finds herself embroiled in yet another murder. Worse still, Felix Crossley has arrived in London, and is already in hot pursuit. With the odds stacked against her, can Connie stay one step ahead of Mrs Ponsonby? Why is Crossley determined to find her, and what are his intentions? The Croydon Enigma is the second book in this gripping 1920s mystery series with a supernatural twist.

It's 1911, and the women of Ipswich are making a peaceful stand against the unfairness of the voting system. Suffragist Louisa Russell joins the census evasion protest at the Old Museum in Ipswich. In a quiet moment, she explores the back rooms of the museum and finds a diary belonging to a prisoner. And not just any prisoner - but the infamous Mary Cage executed for murdering her husband James six decades earlier.When Louisa's next-door neighbour dies under suspicious circumstances, the parallels between his death and the poisoning of James Cage become impossible to ignore. But can there be a link between two deaths sixty years apart? And will Louisa find the poisoner before an innocent woman is convicted?Vote for Murder is historical fiction based on a true Suffolk crime.