A Child Lost: Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel by Michelle Cox
Publisher: She Writes Press (April 28, 2020)
Category: Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Romantic Suspense
Tour dates: Feb-March, 2020
ISBN: 978-1631528361
Available in Print and ebook, 408 pages
Description Child Lost by Michelle Cox
A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . .
When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta—much to Clive’s dismay—begins to believe the spiritualist’s strange ramblings.
Meanwhile, Elsie implores Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results.
My Thoughts Child Lost by Michelle Cox
Sometimes there is a fine line between simply walking away and possibly going missing. Liesal Klinkhammer leaves a German boarding house in the 1930’s on a quest to find a better life in America. Surprising everyone, she also leaves behind her little daughter, Anna. Anna is soon brought to America by the boarding house owner’s son, Gunther, in order to find her mother, but Liesal left no clues to her whereabouts and the trail has gone very cold.
Enter Clive and Henrietta Howard, a husband-and-wife detective duo who take on the case after being asked by Henrietta’s sister, Elsie. Elsie, has recently begun a budding romance with Gunther.
This being the fifth book in the series, Clive and Henrietta are well used to solving crimes that others have deemed unsolvable, but this case leaves even them scrambling for leads and following enigmatic clues. And, after suffering a recent tragedy of their own, will the couple be able to find Liesal and keep their marriage intact? You’ll have to read ‘A Child Lost’ yourself to find out!
This was a superb addition to Michelle Cox’s ‘Clive and Henrietta Howard’ series and a beautifully written historical piece. The level of detail and world building that Cox employs here is stunning. I felt fully immersed in the story from page one and I didn’t want it to end! It is my favorite book in the series.
If you pick up this book, you feel as though you are reaching back in time to a 1930’s Chicago, where the romance is sizzling, the mysteries are unpredictable and justice is served with a side of noir. Joining Clive and Henrietta on this ride is a must for fans of detective mysteries and historical romances. The twists and turns will be enough to keep you guessing until the very last page.
Each book in this series can be read on there own however, they are even better reading them in order to get all of the back story. This is a series not to be missed! I can hardly wait for the next book in the series!
See my reviews for books 1-4:
About Michelle Cox
Michelle Cox is the author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as Novel Notes of Local Lore, a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. (Her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and many others, so she might be on to something.)
Unbeknownst to most, Cox hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also, marmalade.
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Sounds like a heart-fencing story. Thanks.
I have to get the rest of the series. This book was an excellent introduction.
Thank you so much for this lovely review, Teddy!! So happy that you are now a fan of the series! And thank you, as well, for organizing such a wonderful tour. I’m very impressed!
I don’t follow spiritualists, so I, too, would be a bit leery of listening to one!
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