Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar (Paperback)

It is 1851 and Mrs Rodd has received an unusual commission: wealthy businessman Jacob Welland is dying of consumption and implores our redoubtable detective to find his beloved brother, whom he has not seen for fifteen years. Mrs Rodd uses her search as an opportunity to reconnect with a couple from her past, but then a violent murder is committed and Scotland Yard are called to investigate. MC Beaton meets Miss Marple in this charming cosy crime novel set in Victorian England.