The Gentleman's Walking Stick: A Collection of Short Stories

The Gentleman's Walking Stick: A Collection of Short Stories (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries)

London, 1817
An anthology of two short stories of the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries.

In The Gentleman's Walking Stick, Lacey untangles a web of deceit involving a respectable society man, his only clue being a missing walking stick. (This story first appeared in the Regency fiction magazine, The Reticule in 2000.)

In The Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald, Lacey is asked to locate a man's missing daughter, though he senses that the family will be just as happy for her to remain missing.

The Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald was nominated for a Derringer Award for best short mystery in the year 2000. The story first appeared in Over My Dead Body! Mystery Magazine in Summer, 2000.

The first story runs 6000 words; the second, 5000 words. While these are standalone stories, the events fall in the series timeline anytime after The Sudbury School Murders.
Country USA
Manufacturer JA / AG Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-09-09
Format Kindle eBook

The Gentleman's Walking Stick: A Collection of Short Stories (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries)