Death Brings a Shadow, Rosemary Simpson
Death Brings a Shadow, Rosemary Simpson
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Death Brings a Shadow

Author: Rosemary Simpson

Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/28/2020


Synopsis

DEATH BRINGS A SHADOW

In spring 1889, Prudence and Geoffrey set sail from New York Harbor on a private yacht bound for Bradford Island, where her friend Eleanor Dickson is to be wed. The Sea Islands along the Georgia coast serve as a winter playground for the likes of the Carnegies, Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, and Dicksons. Despite her Yankee pedigree, Eleanor is marrying a Southern gentleman, Teddy Bennett, and Prudence is thrilled to be the maid of honor.

But days before the wedding, the bride is nowhere to be found. A frantic search of the island turns up her drowned corpse in an alligator-infested swamp. Prudence is devastated, but as they prepare the body for burial, she and Geoffrey discover evidence of bruising that indicates Eleanor was held under—most dishonorably murdered.

Determined to seek justice for her beloved friend, Prudence begins to investigate with Geoffrey's help and is quickly led into a morass of voodoo spells and dark deeds from the days of slavery. As Prudence and Geoffrey pursue a killer, they soon discover that Eleanor will not be the last to die on Bradford Island . . .

About Rosemary Simpson

Rosemary Simpson is the author of The Seven Hills of Paradise, Dreams and Shadows, and the Gilded Age Mystery series, including What the Dead Leave Behind, Lies that Comfort and Betray, and Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Historical Novel Society. Educated in France and the United States, she now lives near Tucson, Arizona.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on January 12, 2025

One of my Dad’s family’s vacation spots was on Jekyll Island, part of GA’s Emerald Isles. We’ve taken several extended family vacations there in the last 30 years and each has been delightful… mostly because the island belongs to the state (although in recent years, development has run rampant— I’m......more

Goodreads review by Kate on February 02, 2020

This fourth tale is a wonderful addition to author Rosemary Simpson's, "A Gilded Age Mystery" series. Having moved the venue from New York City to an island off the coast of Georgia, Ms. Simpson has crafted a rather dark yet moving story of conflicting cultures, challenging circumstances, and a host......more

Goodreads review by Dianne on December 08, 2019

In the 4th installment of the Gilded Age Mysteries the detecting team of Prudence McKenzie and Geoffrey Hunter travel to an island off the coast of Georgia for the wedding of Prudence’s friend Eleanor. Their plans are abruptly upended when the bride is found dead in the swamp. Though deemed an accid......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on November 03, 2019

In 1889, Prudence Mackenzie and her partner a former Pinkerton detective travel to Bradford Island off the coast of Georgia for a friend’s wedding. The friend, Eleanor, is marrying into a dispossessed but once-wealthy Southern family who used to own Bradford Island. Eleanor’s father, Philip Dickson......more