Don’t miss this page-turning historical mystery! For fans of Mary Shelley, Daphne Du Maurier, Diane Setterfield and Laura Purcell.
Is someone snatching dead bodies…?
1814, London
After triumphantly solving a murder case in Paris, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and Percy Shelley return to London penniless.
As Percy is still married to his estranged wife, he and Mary are shunned from polite society for living together out of wedlock.
Isolated and trapped in squalid lodgings, Mary finds herself alone while Percy escapes to the tavern. And one evening when she goes looking for him, a dead body is found.
But when Percy and Mary arrive at the scene the dead girl is gone…
When she receives a note from an old friend and discovers another girl is missing, Mary wonders if the crimes are connected.
What happened to the body? Was it taken by the murderer?
Can Mary and Percy come together to solve another tricky case…?
THE MARY SHELLEY INVESTIGATIONS SERIES:
Book One: The Missing Wife
Book Two: The Lost Girls
Book Three: Death at the Altar
I absolutely loved The Missing Wife, the first book in the Mary Shelley Investigations series, so I couldn't wait to read The Lost Girls and I was not disappointed. You can definitely read it as a standalone if you have just discovered this fascinating series.
Mary and Percy have returned from their elopement to France but the scandal has followed them back to London. Now Mary is pregnant, ignored by her family and living well below the standard to which she had become accustomed. Whilst they have little money for food, Percy certainly seems to find money for drink.
I love the way that Donna Gowland brings these historical characters to life and weaves fact with fiction so that the reader learns about Mary and Percy Shelley in a very entertaining way. I have new respect for Mary as Percy is so exasperating and I couldn't live with him. Mary's stepsister Claire is a strange one; it's good that she provides support to Mary but she is clearly enamoured with Percy so I worry that Claire's motives are entirely selfish.
The missing girls storyline is incredibly intriguing and atmospheric as the dark underbelly of Georgian London is described. I felt as if I was there following in their footsteps as Mary, Percy and Claire investigate this puzzling case.
Entertaining, captivating and authentic, The Lost Girls is a thrilling instalment in this completely unmissable series. I can't wait to read more so look out for my review of book three, Death at the Altar, very soon.
I received a gifted paperback for the Love Books Tours bookstagram tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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