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The Red Monarch

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4th November 2021

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9781529363418

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Teeming with details of the Brontës, of the times and the city, this is such a pleasurable read’ – NB Magazine

‘Captivating’ – Crime Monthly

‘Filled with twists, turns and Gothic touches, and a strong feminist streak’ – Bradford Telegraph

The Brontë sisters’ first poetry collection has just been published, potentially marking an end to their careers as amateur detectors, when Anne receives a letter from her former pupil Lydia Robinson.

Lydia has eloped with a young actor, Harry Roxby, and following her disinheritance, the couple been living in poverty in London. Harry has become embroiled with a criminal gang and is in terrible danger after allegedly losing something very valuable that he was meant to deliver to their leader. The desperate and heavily pregnant Lydia has a week to return what her husband supposedly stole, or he will be killed. She knows there are few people who she can turn to in this time of need, but the sisters agree to help Lydia, beginning a race against time to save Harry’s life.

In doing so, our intrepid sisters come face to face with a terrifying adversary whom even the toughest of the slum-dwellers are afraid of . . . The Red Monarch.

Praise for Bella Ellis and the series:

‘Evocative and utterly enchanting’ Sarah Hilary

‘Bella Ellis is a very special talent’ Angela Clarke

‘Brilliantly entertaining and original’ C.L. Taylor

‘More heart-warming than blood-chilling’ Sunday Express

‘Ellis’s writing flows beautifully’ Yorkshire Magazine

‘Elegant, witty and compulsively readable – I think the Brontë sisters would have been delighted’ Rosie Walsh

‘A breath-taking concept . . . Fun, charming and intriguing’ Araminta Hall

‘A delight’ Wall Street Journal

Reviews

Crime Review
The Red Monarch is a superb mystery that kept me enthralled until the final page.
Rosie Walsh
Elegant, witty and compulsively readable - I think the Brontë sisters would have been delighted
Araminta Hall
A breath-taking concept . . . Fun, charming and intriguing
Wall Street Journal
A delight
Praise for the Brontë Mysteries:-
Sarah Hilary
Evocative and utterly enchanting
Angela Clarke
Bella Ellis is a very special talent
C.L. Taylor
Brilliantly entertaining and original
Sunday Express
More heart-warming than blood-chilling
Yorkshire Magazine
Ellis's writing flows beautifully