"When her father believes he witnessed a murder while in the Royal Swinburne Hospital, 12-year-old Victorian amateur sleuth Myrtle Hardcastle must track down a killer lurking in the halls before her father suffers the same fate. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook."
"Myrtle Hardcastle's search for a missing heiress, presumed lost at sea, runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent victim"--
Amateur Detective Myrtle Hardcastle must solve the mystery of a long-lost heiress and track down a possible murderer lurking in the halls of the Royal Swinburne Hospital before her father, a patient there, becomes the killers next victim in Book 4 of the Edgar Awardwinning mystery series.
An Edgar® AwardWinning Series
Myrtle Hardcastletwelve-year-old Victorian Amateur Detectivereturns to investigate the case of a missing heiress lost at sea, an inquiry that runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent victim.
When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the Snowcroft family fortune, Myrtle Hardcastles father, a lawyer, is asked to help proveor disprovethe girls identity. Is this truly Ethel Snowcroft, believed to be lost at sea with her parents, or a con artist chasing a windfall? Mr. Hardcastles pursuit of the case takes a detour when hes hospitalized for a tonsillectomyonly to witness a murder. Or does he? With no body at the scene, Myrtle and her governess, Miss Judson, fear the so-called murder was a feverish delusionuntil a critical piece of evidence appears.
But wheres the victim? And who at the hospital could be harboring murderous intent? Myrtle is determined to find out before the killer comes after her father.
With stakes this high, her sleuthing has put Myrtle, her family, and the patients and staff at the Royal Swinburne Hospital In Myrtle Peril.
