Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar

#2 Laetitia Rodd

Kate Saunders

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Bloomsbury
01 December 2020

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery; Historical fiction

Series: Laetitia Rodd

M.C. Beaton meets Miss Marple in the second book in the charming Laetitia Rodd Mysteries, which sees Kate Saunders’ Victorian lady detective on the hunt for a missing Oxford scholar who is soon to be the heir to a fortune

It is 1851 and Laetitia Rodd is enjoying a well-earned holiday when she receives an urgent request for her services.

Wealthy businessman Jacob Welland implores Mrs. Rodd to find his beloved brother, a brilliant Oxford scholar who took to wandering the countryside and one day simply failed to return. The last sighting was in a gypsy camp ten years before – where it was rumoured he was learning great secrets that would one day astound the world.

Mrs. Rodd travels to Oxford and begins her search for the wandering scholar. But as the investigation unfolds, she discovers something sinister is lurking in this peaceful landscape.

By: Kate Saunders
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781408866900
ISBN 10: 1408866900
Series: Laetitia Rodd
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 December 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kate Saunders is an author and journalist. She has worked for The Times, Sunday Times, Sunday Express, Daily Telegraph and Cosmopolitan amongst others, and has contributed to Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Start the Week. She has written numerous books for adults and children, including the bestselling Night Shall Overtake Us, and her follow on to E Nesbit's Five Children and It stories, Five Children on the Western Front, which won the Costa Children's Book Award in 2014. The Secrets of Wishtide, the first book in the 'Laetitia Rodd Mysteries', was published by Bloomsbury in 2016. She lives in London.

Reviews for Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar (#2 Laetitia Rodd)

A Dickensian glow pervades this immensely satisfying novel. Hugely enjoyable * James Runcie on The Secrets of Wishtide * Saunders’s prose is precise and a pleasure to read. The plot twists and turns, and Laetitia is a warm and engaging heroine -- Praise for 'The Secrets of Wishtide' * The Times * Pure delight -- Praise for 'The Secrets of Wishtide' * Sunday Times *