{"product_id":"elder-legacies-paperback-1","title":"Elder Legacies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeenie Hobbie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eELDER LEGACIES, book one of a planned series, is an 85K word adult mystery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e set in 1918 America. This whodunit will resonate with readers of Susan Wittig\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert's China Bayles herbal mysteries, especially QUEEN ANNE'S LACE, and MRS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJEFFRIES VICTORIAN MYSTERY series by Emily Brightwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally from Scotland, Thomasina 'Tommie' Dubois at 24 finds herself a WWI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewidow. With the assistance of her16-year-old African American apprentice, Nell Fisher, Tommie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eowns and runs a tearoom and apothecary in her inherited Victorian home. The bedroom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommunity of New Babylon, situated near the nation's capital, appears to be a sleepy village but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit holds dark secrets harking back to the days of slavery, as Tommie discovers when her boarder, Clarence Patterson, is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efound dead in his room. Has the deadly influenza raging across the globe struck, as the doctor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehastily declares? This appears likely--- until Nell is abducted. A reluctant and inexperienced sleuth, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTommie rises to the challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInitially Tommie's greatest wish is to be mistress of a traditional home filled with family and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehomemaking modeled after MRS. BEETON'S BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictorian Martha Stewart. Tommie clings to the book's promises of orderly habits resulting in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eguaranteed happiness despite all evidence to the contrary. Ever optimistic and sometimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomically na?ve, Tommie tries to make her way in a man's world and finds she may have more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein common with the rabble-rousing suffragists than with Mrs. Beeton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264278446329,"sku":"9798218643126","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/z8GHdbw2fr9798218643126_28a89347-856a-4754-bf14-268af64ee81b.webp?v=1768828278","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/elder-legacies-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}