Carsten Ford

The Costumed Affair Carsten Ford

What was supposed to be a relaxing retreat and intimate house-party for friends and family, instead turns into a strange twist on murder and fate for all those concerned... all against the backdrop of a mystery-haunted Georgian mansion and a wind-swept shoreline harboring intrigue and secrets, not to mention an number of seemingly impossible thefts. Our heroine, the amateur sleuth Pamela Wainwright wishing to save her close friends from ruin embarks upon an investigative trail which in the end, she hopes, will unveil the true culprit (or culprits), not only of the murder and strange occurrences around the estate but also who is responsible for the thefts in the area coinciding with the murder? Could it merely be that the dead man surprised a simple robbery and was dealt a lethal blow or is it something more sinister, something related to an age old gem taken from the Indian subcontinent. And who or what is the ghostly crimson knight that appears, in garb from a bygone century, seeming to disappear and reappear at will. Join in dear reader, as Miss Wainwright has to match wits with the best that Scotland Yard can provide to uncover the real perpetrator and their motive for murder and theft. Unravel strange eastern practices and perhaps ... maybe even a ghostly presence - all this coalesces into an unforgettable work of detective fiction. We hope you enjoy it and cannot wait for the next installment as Ms. Wainwright takes on another mystery.