Theft. Murder. Love Tested.
A priceless Shakespearean First Folio is stolen from an English manor house.
A man is dead.
Oxford student Stephanie Cooper is drawn into the dangerous criminal world of art theft when she meets attractive young detective Luke Spencer.
As her rock-star boyfriend tours Japan with his band, Stephanie and Luke's quest becomes personal as they follow an increasingly perilous trail that leads from Oxford to London, Paris and Venice.
But when Stephanie takes an unnecessary risk, the stakes turn deadly. Can she stay alive long enough to expose the identity of the thieves, help recover priceless literary works and resolve her conflicted feelings for Luke and her boyfriend, James?
The Carlswick Deception is another exciting instalment in the Carlswick Mysteries series and can be read as a stand-alone novel.
Other books by SL Beaumont
SL Beaumont is an award-winning mystery and crime writer who loves travel and history.
She lives in beautiful New Zealand, which is only problematic when the travel bug bites (which it does fairly often)! Her passion for travel has led her to take many long-haul flights to various parts of the world. Her enjoyment of history helps determine the destination and the places she visits are a constant source of inspiration for her.
Before becoming an author, SL Beaumont worked in banking in London and New York and is now a partner in a chartered accountancy firm in Auckland.
The War Photographers is the 2024 IRDA Historical Fiction Award winner; Shadow of Doubt won the 2020 Indie Reader Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Award and was long-listed for the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel. Death Count was a semi-finalist for the Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize.
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