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    The Knowledge of Water: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #2
    A Citizen of the Country: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #3
    The Vanished Child: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #1
    Ebook series4 titles

    Reisden & Perdita Mysteries Series

    By Sarah Smith

    3.5/5

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    About this series

    It's 1912. America is the land of Jim Crow, of lynchings and segregation.  And a young white concert pianist has just discovered that the grandfather she barely knows may be black.

     

    She has a family. She has a child. She can't be black, because her brothers and sisters and son can't be. She can't be black, because she couldn't play the piano in America.

     

    She follows her grandfather onto the newest, safest, biggest ship in the world, to learn the truth—the right truth, the one that will save her family.

     

    But after the iceberg, she finds the truth is more complicated than black and white.  More daring, more loving, and far more dangerous. And instead of a convenient truth, what she'll have to find is a different America.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMax Light Books
    Release dateJan 15, 2020
    The Knowledge of Water: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #2
    A Citizen of the Country: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #3
    The Vanished Child: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #1

    Titles in the series (4)

    • 1

      The Vanished Child: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #1
      The Vanished Child: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #1

      The Vanished Child: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #1

      Sarah Smith
      4/5
      4/5

      "Someone killed Richard. Now Richard wants to know why." New England, 1887. The millionaire William Knight is brutally murdered. His grandson, Richard, the only witness, is shocked into silence, then disappears, presumed kidnapped and killed. Switzerland, 1905. Alexander von Reisden, "intellectual, immoral, and unstable," is "recognized" as Richard. Despite Reisden's insistence he's not Richard, he is drawn into the affairs of the Knight family--gaining the hatred of the new heir and the friendship of the heir's young fiancee, Perdita Halley. But as Reisden tries to find out why Richard died, he begins to have unsettling feelings of familiarity. For he is a man without memory of his own childhood, and his obsession with finding Richard is leading him closer to a shattering truth. And to a killer, still at large...

      "Someone killed Richard. Now Richard wants to know why." New England, 1887. The millionaire William Knight is brutally murdered. His grandson, Richard, the only witness, is shocked into silence, then disappears, presumed kidnapped and killed. Switzerland, 1905. Alexander von Reisden, "intellectual, immoral, and unstable," is "recognized" as Richard. Despite Reisden's insistence he's not Richard, he is drawn into the affairs of the Knight family--gaining the hatred of the new heir and the friendship of the heir's young fiancee, Perdita Halley. But as Reisden tries to find out why Richard died, he begins to have unsettling feelings of familiarity. For he is a man without memory of his own childhood, and his obsession with finding Richard is leading him closer to a shattering truth. And to a killer, still at large...

    • 2

      The Knowledge of Water: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #2
      The Knowledge of Water: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #2

      The Knowledge of Water: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #2

      Sarah Smith
      4/5 - 4 ratings
      4/5 - 4 ratings

      "I will marry you," Perdita Halley said to Alexander von Reisden at eighteen, "but not until I study music." Now, at twenty-one, she has come to Paris, his city--but music still stands between them. She is pursuing her dream of becoming a concert pianist; he is trying for the less likely one of becoming an ordinary, unhaunted man. They are drawn into an all-consuming passion that seems destined for tragedy. Perdita cannot marry and attend the Conservatoire; Alexander, still haunted by his past, fears to marry at all. As incessant rain dims the City of Lights, an intricate network of plots and counterplots swirls around the couple. And an elegant game of art and life turns deadly, as a madman follows them, threatening to destroy them both in retribution for a murder they know nothing about-- Or do they? New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Bonus materials for book clubs. Additional materials available online.

      "I will marry you," Perdita Halley said to Alexander von Reisden at eighteen, "but not until I study music." Now, at twenty-one, she has come to Paris, his city--but music still stands between them. She is pursuing her dream of becoming a concert pianist; he is trying for the less likely one of becoming an ordinary, unhaunted man. They are drawn into an all-consuming passion that seems destined for tragedy. Perdita cannot marry and attend the Conservatoire; Alexander, still haunted by his past, fears to marry at all. As incessant rain dims the City of Lights, an intricate network of plots and counterplots swirls around the couple. And an elegant game of art and life turns deadly, as a madman follows them, threatening to destroy them both in retribution for a murder they know nothing about-- Or do they? New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Bonus materials for book clubs. Additional materials available online.

    • 3

      A Citizen of the Country: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #3
      A Citizen of the Country: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #3

      A Citizen of the Country: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #3

      Sarah Smith
      3/5 - 2 ratings
      3/5 - 2 ratings

      Paris, 1911. Andre du Monde, director of a famous horror theater, has married a young girl from the country. As a child, Andre experienced something terrible. Now he can't be close to anyone except by frightening them. His wife is frightened too. Because Andre keeps telling her she's going to poison him... Alexander von Reisden, doctor to the mad and Andre's friend, seems to have outlived his own terrible past. He has a wife and a son, and work he loves. But now he has to help Andre, or lose everything. A man in love, a man afraid...a fight against terrible odds...a cursed film, a cursed love, and the shadows of war...A Citizen of the Country. Entertainment Weekly Editor's Choice.

      Paris, 1911. Andre du Monde, director of a famous horror theater, has married a young girl from the country. As a child, Andre experienced something terrible. Now he can't be close to anyone except by frightening them. His wife is frightened too. Because Andre keeps telling her she's going to poison him... Alexander von Reisden, doctor to the mad and Andre's friend, seems to have outlived his own terrible past. He has a wife and a son, and work he loves. But now he has to help Andre, or lose everything. A man in love, a man afraid...a fight against terrible odds...a cursed film, a cursed love, and the shadows of war...A Citizen of the Country. Entertainment Weekly Editor's Choice.

    • 4

      Crimes and Survivors: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #4
      Crimes and Survivors: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #4

      Crimes and Survivors: Reisden & Perdita Mysteries, #4

      Sarah Smith
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      It's 1912. America is the land of Jim Crow, of lynchings and segregation.  And a young white concert pianist has just discovered that the grandfather she barely knows may be black.   She has a family. She has a child. She can't be black, because her brothers and sisters and son can't be. She can't be black, because she couldn't play the piano in America.   She follows her grandfather onto the newest, safest, biggest ship in the world, to learn the truth—the right truth, the one that will save her family.   But after the iceberg, she finds the truth is more complicated than black and white.  More daring, more loving, and far more dangerous. And instead of a convenient truth, what she'll have to find is a different America.

      It's 1912. America is the land of Jim Crow, of lynchings and segregation.  And a young white concert pianist has just discovered that the grandfather she barely knows may be black.   She has a family. She has a child. She can't be black, because her brothers and sisters and son can't be. She can't be black, because she couldn't play the piano in America.   She follows her grandfather onto the newest, safest, biggest ship in the world, to learn the truth—the right truth, the one that will save her family.   But after the iceberg, she finds the truth is more complicated than black and white.  More daring, more loving, and far more dangerous. And instead of a convenient truth, what she'll have to find is a different America.

    Author

    Sarah Smith

    Sarah Smith is a copywriter-turned-author who wants to make the world a lovelier place, one kissing story at a time. Her love of romance began when she was eight and she discovered her auntie’s stash of romance novels. She’s been hooked ever since. When she’s not writing, you can find her hiking, eating chocolate, and perfecting her lumpia recipe. She lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband and adorable cat, Salem.

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