Death by Disguise

By: E.L. Bates

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Paperback | 5 November 2024

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248 Pages

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20.32 x 12.7 x 1.42

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The walls of Saint Dorothea's College in Cambridge hide more secrets than simply the existence of magic ...

Lennox Davies couldn't be happier when the detective agency of Whitney and Davies receives a summons to investigate a missing secretary at the magical college of Saint Dorothea's in Cambridge. He envisions a charming locked room puzzle, to be followed by strolling the streets of the ancient and beautiful university city with his friend and partner in detection Maia Whitney. What could be better?

But delight soon turns to dismay when a man is murdered. Not only that, the missing secretary seems to have vanished into the morning mists off the River Cam. Will Maia and Len be able to catch the killer before the secretary's dead body turns up as well? Or is it already too late? Before long even the bond between partners is strained as Len and Maia find themselves at odds over their values.

What began as a clever exercise in deduction turns into their most challenging mystery yet, and one that could result in the end of Whitney and Davies ... forever.

*Winner of the 2023 Maine Literary Award for Speculative Fiction*

Industry Reviews

"DEATH BY DISGUISE is an excellent addition to the Whitney and Davies series.

Lennox Davies and Maia Whitney are called to Cambridge to investigate a disappearance at Saint Dorothea's college for magical studies. But soon the mystery changes from trying to solve the puzzle of a disappearance into investigating something more far sinister. Will Maia and Len find the culprit before he strikes again? And what does it mean for their own lives and the relationship between them?

This story is not only a well-crafted and intriguing mystery, but it is unique in its setting in the ancient university city of Cambridge, which E.L. Bates knows so well from her time there. What makes this book a delight to read is the development of the characters: for the first time, Maia and Len find themselves at odds in the very way they approach a case, and both of them need to come to terms with what this means to them and to their relationship. This is not a run-of-the-mill cookie cutter mystery plot, but a well thought out story of two people who need to find their path for the future in accordance with their deepest values."

-A.M. Offenwanger, author of CAT AND MOUSE and CHECKMATE

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