This novel takes readers into the long-forgotten world of the women searchers who once played an important role in the solving of crimes, and eventually into the twenty-first century, where mysteries are resolved and new enigmas unfold.Ī MYSTERY WHICH WILL ENTRANCE AND HAUNT YOU. Alexander and based on real characters and a true crime.

He is approached by a local teenager, Teresa Trey Reddy, who says her brother, Brendan has gone missing and she suspects foul play. Written by Australian history professor T.J. In the suspense novel The Searcher by Tana French, Calvin Cal Hooper moved to Western Ireland to leave behind the stress of his career as a police officer in Chicago. Reverend Captain Samuel Johnston Clayton comes looking for help searching for the people who broke into a nearby cattle ranch and stole some cows. MEET ADAH FLINT AND DISCOVER THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE SEARCHERSĪdah's search for the truth takes her through the cosmopolitan backstreets of early 19th century London, with its inns and prisons, street markets and prostitution, cruelty and compassion. The Searchers Summary Ethan Edwards arrives home to his brother Aaron and his wife Martha and their children, three years after the Civil War has ended. The true story behind the classic Western The Searchers by Pulitzer Prize-wining writer Glenn Frankel that the New York Times calls 'A vivid, revelatory account of John Ford's 1956 masterpiece.' In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped. January 1822: A child is found dead on wasteland in London's Liberty of Norton Folgate.Īdah Flint, the Liberty's Searcher, must examine the little girl's body to determine her identity and discover the cause of death. The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend. “This is an important as well as an entertaining story and should be a must-read for those bored with traditional Victorian fiction, those concerned with the unfolding historical role of women and those who just love a great story based on truth and told with utter believability and real compassion.“ Crime Review A GRIPPING VICTORIAN CRIME MYSTERY BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF THE AUTHOR’S GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, ADAH FLINT. One of the greatest crime novelists writing today (Vox) weaves a masterful, atmospheric tale of suspense, asking how to tell right from wrong in a world where.

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