Another whodunit with one of my favorite sleuthing couples: Lady Darby and Sebastian Gage. This one takes place in the English moors and gives a glimpse into Gage's troubled family past.
Summary from Goodreads: July 1831. It's been fifteen years since Sebastian Gage has set foot in Langstone Manor. Though he has shared little with his wife, Lady Kiera Darby, about his past, she knows that he planned never to return to the place of so many unhappy childhood memories. But when an urgent letter from his grandfather reaches them in Dublin, Ireland, and begs Gage to visit, Kiera convinces him to go.
All is not well at Langstone Manor. Gage's grandfather, the Viscount Tavistock, is gravely ill, and Gage's cousin Alfred has suddenly vanished. He wandered out into the moors and never returned. The Viscount is convinced someone or something other than the natural hazards of the moors is to blame for Alfred's disappearance. And when Alfred's brother Rory goes missing, Kiera and Gage must concede he may be right. Now, they must face the ghosts of Gage's past, discover the truth behind the local superstitions, and see beyond the tricks being played by their very own eyes to expose what has happened to Gage's family before the moors claim yet another victim.
Quotes: "'She has a mind of her own, Grandfather.'
'Well, whose fault is that?'
'God'"
"...there is usually more to a person than one first assumed. That every action, good or bad, could be motivated by something opposite."
'Well, whose fault is that?'
'God'"
"...there is usually more to a person than one first assumed. That every action, good or bad, could be motivated by something opposite."
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