Simply Dead

In the depths of winter, Hortense, a midwife, disappears after attending a birth in the woodlands. During the search Will Rees finds her struggling through the snow and woods without shoes or a coat. After two young men begin stalking the community in search of her--including targeting Rees's own family--she is questioned further and claims she was kidnapped, but Rees and his wife Lydia are suspicious.uspicious.

About the author

Eleanor Kuhns is a previous winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel competition for A Simple Murder. The author of seven previous Will Rees mysteries, she is now a full-time writer after a successful career as the Assistant Director at the Goshen Public Library in Orange County, New York.

Summary

A midwife disappears after attending a birth only to be found by the search party wandering the woods during a blizzard without a coat or shoes. She claims to have been kidnapped but Will Rees has doubts. When two young men begin stalking the community in search of her and a young woman is found strangled, Rees endeavours to discover the truth.

Product details

• Authors: Eleanor Kuhns, Kuhns Eleanor
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780727888846
• ISBN: 978-0-7278-8884-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Will Rees; A Will Rees Mystery; A Will Rees Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, Historical fiction, Maine, Crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1790 to c 1799