The Last Fatal Hour by Jan Matthews

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The Last Fatal Hour by Jan Matthews

Today on the blog I’m highlighting an historical fiction mystery with a good dose of girl-power mixed in! Whether it’s medieval England, or 20th Century America, you can’t go wrong with a strong woman!

Book Description

A budding socialite haunted by war steps into the Brooklyn Heights world of whispers, seances, and murder.

For Leona Gladney, former woman soldier of the Union Army, life goes on despite the echoes of the battlefield in her heart. Now a suffragist and budding socialite in Brooklyn Heights, she yearns for a literary life and family. But her husband’s business partner embezzles their money and disappears.

The society matrons of Brooklyn Heights turn a gimlet eye on Leona after the suspicious death of a wealthy friend. Leona will do anything to find justice for her friend and clear her own name, but she finds only secrets, seances and murder.

Universal Paperback Buy Link: https://books2read.com/u/bzl71L

‍‍‍‍Author Bio:

Jan Matthews Author

Jan Matthews is an American expat living in the sunshine in Portugal. She is (finally) retired from HIM and writes historical mysteries from the Middle Ages to World War I.

When not writing or drinking coffee and wine in nearby cafes, she knits and crochets for charity and reviews books on her blog.

Author Links:

Website: https://coffeeandinkbooks.wordpress.com/

Twitter / X: https://x.com/coffeeandink2

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janice.matthews2/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffeeandink197/

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/coffeeandink2.bsky.social

Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/jan-matthews?list=about

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jan-Matthews/author/B0GHG14JQ2

‍Goodreads: ‍https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/67724380.Jan_Matthews

Rachel Elwiss Joyce

Rachel Elwiss Joyce, Author of Historical Fiction.

Exploring power, loyalty, and love in turbulent medieval England.

Rachel came to novel writing later in life, but she has always been passionate about history, storytelling, and the forgotten voices of women. She writes meticulously researched, immersive historical fiction that brings overlooked heroines into the light.

She started inventing tales about medieval women living in castles when she was just six years old—and never stopped. But when she discovered the extraordinary story of Nicola de la Haye, the first female sheriff, who defended Lincoln Castle from a French invasion and became known as ‘the woman who saved England’, Rachel knew she had found a heroine worth telling the world about.

Lady of Lincoln is her debut novel, the first book in her Nicola de la Haye Series, with sequels to follow.

https://rachelelwissjoyce.com
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