Simon Vance
1) To the grave
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Language
English
Description
Sitting in a hotel room at gunpoint, facing an impossible decision, Tayte is forced to wonder how his latest assignment had come to this. Five days earlier, after a child's suitcase arrives unexpectedly at his client's home in Washington DC, Tayte embarks upon a journey that takes him back to England as he tries to unravel the story of Philomena Lasseter; a girl whose life has become a family mystery.
Author
Language
English
Description
A portrait painting is stolen from a London home. Shortly afterwards, the owner, Nat, calls on genealogist Jefferson Tayte for his help. She believes the subject of the painting, a young girl called Jess, is a past relative and wants to learn more about her. The problem is that Nat's research has hit a brick wall-Jess appears to have vanished from the slums of Victorian London soon after the portrait was painted.
When Tayte learns that the theft...