The Widow's Secret

Bella Wallis Mystery

Brian Thompson

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Vintage
15 June 2009

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Bella Wallis Victorian Mysteries

Meet Bella Wallis- a charismatic Victorian widow with a secret sideline in writing sensationalist novels and a fierce determination to seek revenge in print for what can never be achieved in real life.

Bella Wallis is a respectable society woman with a secret identity- in an office buried deep within the seedy backstreets of London, she writes sensationalist novels exposing the scoundrels that litter high society under the pen name Henry Ellis Margam.

So when a crested cigar case is found near the body of a murdered prostitute, Bella and her friends are determined to trace the murderer and write a mystery that will avenge the poor girl's untimely death. But the owner of the cigar case is a dangerous - and rich - man who has already destroyed the lives of others who have crossed him. Will Bella see justice done, or will she meet the same fate as so many of her characters...?

The Widow's Secret is the first in the Bella Wallis series of mysteries and takes us from London to Paris, from the highest of society to the lowest of the low. It is an entertaining, effervescent romp and a wonderful introduction to this most charismatic of heroines.

By: Brian Thompson
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9780099539483
ISBN 10: 0099539489
Series: Bella Wallis Victorian Mysteries
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 June 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Thompson was born in London in 1935 and now lives in Oxford. He has written two award-winning volumes of memoir- Keeping Mum (2006), winner of the Costa Prize for Biography and the PEN/Ackerley Prize, and Clever Girl (2007), longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.

Reviews for The Widow's Secret: Bella Wallis Mystery

Thompson manages to bring his Victorian manhunt to a satisfying conclusion while leaving readers with some very tantalizing threads for the next book. --Mystery Scene