The Case of the Missing Bride: An Alyssa Chalmers historical cozy murder mystery (A cozy Alyssa Chalmers mystery Book 1)
By Carmen Radtke
Meet Alyssa Chalmers.
Victorian emigrant. Reluctant bride. Intrepid sleuth.
1862. A group of poor young Australian women set sail for matrimony in Canada.
Only headstrong, well-educated Alyssa doesn’t share her new friends’ romantic dreams of a well-off husband.
All she wants is the freedom usually denied to women, even if it means putting up with being patronised by the infuriating ship’s surgeon, Dr Bryson, and following strict rules of propriety with every movement she makes.
When one of the brides goes missing, she soon discovers that hurricanes and seasickness aren’t the only dangers they face during their perilous journey.
Everyone else believes in an accident, but Alyssa is convinced the disappearance was no accident but murder!
She convinces the doctor and the charming First Officer that she is right. With those two men as her stealthy allies, she investigates.
But meddling in murder is a dangerous business, that might well cost her life …
The Case of the Missing Bride was inspired by a true event. Buy the first Alyssa Chalmers mystery now and you’ll discover why this headstrong heroine and her clever sleuthing made her a Malice Domestic finalist.
Meet Alyssa Chalmers.
Victorian emigrant. Reluctant bride. Intrepid sleuth.
1862. A group of poor young Australian women set sail for matrimony in Canada.
Only headstrong, well-educated Alyssa doesn’t share her new friends’ romantic dreams of a well-off husband.
All she wants is the freedom usually denied to women, even if it means putting up with being patronised by the infuriating ship’s surgeon, Dr Bryson, and following strict rules of propriety with every movement she makes.
When one of the brides goes missing, she soon discovers that hurricanes and seasickness aren’t the only dangers they face during their perilous journey.
Everyone else believes in an accident, but Alyssa is convinced the disappearance was no accident but murder!
She convinces the doctor and the charming First Officer that she is right. With those two men as her stealthy allies, she investigates.
But meddling in murder is a dangerous business, that might well cost her life …
The Case of the Missing Bride was inspired by a true event. Buy the first Alyssa Chalmers mystery now and you’ll discover why this headstrong heroine and her clever sleuthing made her a Malice Domestic finalist.