The Vanished Bride

In Bella Ellis's The Vanished Bride, the first installment in the Bronte Sisters Mysteries historical mystery series, get transported back in time to 1875, Yorkshire England before the Bronte sisters became famous for their classic literary works. When an old friend of Charlotte Bronte knocks on the door of her father's parsonage, she requests the help of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte to help her locate Elizabeth Chester. As the governess of the Chester Cottage, there's been no trace of the young bride around in the estate. Told in their POVs in alternating chapters, they discover what's really going on in Chester Cottage when they unearth every clue in the Chester household to search for answers. As detectors, they talk to people who might know of something as they went from place to place to discover a tooth and a pebble in one of the rooms. Was she murdered? Did she runaway or go into hiding? The closer they got to the truth, they discover a sordid story of Elizabeth's past and what might led her astray from her husband and his brute behavior. In the end, they connected the dots to learn the truth of her disappearance and what led behind it with a shocking ending to keep you in suspense.

This was a fascinating and riveting debut in the Bronte Sisters Historical Mystery series. I did care for Emily, Anne and Charlotte, as they told this story in a most captivating way. Before they were well-known published novelists, they became full of life as detectors to solve a most perplexed mystery right under their nose. I cared for them and how they worked with their brother Branwell to help give them a hand. I did love the intricate settings around Yorkshire and Hathorn England in the 1840s and how those locations popped on the page to came to life. This would make you intrigued and curious to find out how they might've gotten over their heads with non-stop action, suspense, intrigue, and plenty of drama to keep you at the edge of your seat.

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