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The Semper Inheritance
1897, London
After the death of her father, 16-year-old Emma Semper decides to run away to London, leaving behind the sinister farmhouse that she can no longer call home. But a chance encounter with a man driving one of the new motor-carriages puts her on a completely different path.
Despite forging a new life for herself in London, discovering how much grit and determination lies in her soul, she is inevitably drawn back to her home and the family legend of hidden treasure that has haunted her ancestors for the lost Semper Rubies… Emma must race against powerful forces that threaten her inheritance – and her life.
A suspenseful Victorian mystery by the queen of historical fiction, Eleanor Fairburn, first published under the pen name Catherine Carfax. Perfect for readers of Daphne DuMaurier and Susan Hill.
After the death of her father, 16-year-old Emma Semper decides to run away to London, leaving behind the sinister farmhouse that she can no longer call home. But a chance encounter with a man driving one of the new motor-carriages puts her on a completely different path.
Despite forging a new life for herself in London, discovering how much grit and determination lies in her soul, she is inevitably drawn back to her home and the family legend of hidden treasure that has haunted her ancestors for the lost Semper Rubies… Emma must race against powerful forces that threaten her inheritance – and her life.
A suspenseful Victorian mystery by the queen of historical fiction, Eleanor Fairburn, first published under the pen name Catherine Carfax. Perfect for readers of Daphne DuMaurier and Susan Hill.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 27, 2022
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Eleanor Fairburn
19 books7 followersAKA Catherine Carfax and Emma Gayle.
'Eleanor Fairburn was born in the west of Ireland. She was educated at St Louis Convent and studied Art in Dublin. After a period of time spent near the Welsh Marches, reading Welsh literature and meeting Welsh people, she settled in Yorkshire, where she lives with her husband, Brian, and her daughter, Anne.'
'Eleanor Fairburn was born in the west of Ireland. She was educated at St Louis Convent and studied Art in Dublin. After a period of time spent near the Welsh Marches, reading Welsh literature and meeting Welsh people, she settled in Yorkshire, where she lives with her husband, Brian, and her daughter, Anne.'
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