The Outcast Girls

Written by Alys Clare

Narrated by Lucy Scott

London, 1881. Lily Raynor, owner of the World's End Investigation Bureau, is growing increasingly worried. Work is drying up, finances are tight and she cannot find enough for her sole employee, Felix Wilbraham, to do. So when schoolteacher Georgiana Long arrives, with a worrying tale of runaway pupils, it seems like the answer to her prayers. Disguised as the new Assistant Matron, Lily joins the Shardlowes School staff. But there are undercurrents at Shardlowes, and the shadowy, powerful men who fund the school's less fortunate pupils loom larger as Felix's own investigations unfold. Felix can't shake off his fear that Lily is in danger – and soon, his premonitions come frighteningly true . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oakhill Publishing
• Release date: Jan 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781399106207

Alys Clare

Alys Clare lives in the English countryside where her novels are set. She went to school in Tonbridge and later studied archaeology at the University of Kent. She is also the author of the Hawkenlye, Aelf Fen and Gabriel Taverner historical mystery series.

Reviews for The Outcast Girls

[Natasha Chisteckoff · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Enjoyable mystery. The characters were easily likeable and warm.
A women runs a investigative service and gets a new mystery to solve from a teacher working at a school for girls of all means with missing students.
The investigation starts with the women investigator going undercover into the school as a nurse to discover what is going on and why the girls are going missing.
Nice conclusion that ties entire story up nicely.
Narration was good.
Enjoyable story.

[Morris-Ken · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great series I hope that there are more coming. I really enjoyed how the author based the characters. Good mystery and seeming to be a romance in the making.

[Dian · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I liked the story and writing but our heroine was too implausible and emotional with this one but still and good read/listen

[Kim Ring · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved this story! This is the second Lily Raynor (main character) book I have listened to and they are a good mystery with characters the listener can like!