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The Lady and the Poisoned Waters
(2025)(The first book in the Lady Inventor series)
A novel by Brittany E Brinegar and J E Brinegar
In a town famous for healing waters, one sip could mean murder.
Mineral Wells, Texas, 1924
Lady Anne Worthington, an English countess and brilliant inventor, has been shipped to America to find a wealthy oilman husband. But the independent Lady Anne has other plans—and they don’t include marriage. While on a U.S. tour to showcase her Sherlock Holmes-themed murder machine, she’s poised to make quite the splash.
When the tour���s promoter, washed-up actor Baxter Knight, dies after drinking the famed mineral water, Lady Anne suspects foul play. As small-town secrets bubble to the surface, nobody at the peaceful spa retreat is above suspicion.
With the stubborn local sheriff targeting the wrong suspect, Lady Anne teams up with a handsome new-in-town Texas Ranger to unravel a mystery buried deeper than the healing wells.
Will Lady Anne’s search for justice bring her closer to a found family? Or will the killer leave her more isolated than ever?
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The Lady and the Poisoned Waters is the first installment in the Lady Inventor Mysteries, a 1920s cozy mystery series.
If you enjoy the rugged charm of the Old West, the allure of a growing spa town, an adorable cocker spaniel sidekick, and a daring countess with a knack for invention, this 1920s whodunit will whisk you away to a world where cowboy grit meets roaring twenties mystery!
Heist Society Investigates Series Order
Mineral Wells, Texas, 1924
Lady Anne Worthington, an English countess and brilliant inventor, has been shipped to America to find a wealthy oilman husband. But the independent Lady Anne has other plans—and they don’t include marriage. While on a U.S. tour to showcase her Sherlock Holmes-themed murder machine, she’s poised to make quite the splash.
When the tour���s promoter, washed-up actor Baxter Knight, dies after drinking the famed mineral water, Lady Anne suspects foul play. As small-town secrets bubble to the surface, nobody at the peaceful spa retreat is above suspicion.
With the stubborn local sheriff targeting the wrong suspect, Lady Anne teams up with a handsome new-in-town Texas Ranger to unravel a mystery buried deeper than the healing wells.
Will Lady Anne’s search for justice bring her closer to a found family? Or will the killer leave her more isolated than ever?
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The Lady and the Poisoned Waters is the first installment in the Lady Inventor Mysteries, a 1920s cozy mystery series.
If you enjoy the rugged charm of the Old West, the allure of a growing spa town, an adorable cocker spaniel sidekick, and a daring countess with a knack for invention, this 1920s whodunit will whisk you away to a world where cowboy grit meets roaring twenties mystery!
Heist Society Investigates Series Order
- Book 1: The Lady and the Poisoned Waters
Book 2: The Lady and a Lost Invention
Book 3: The Lady and a Deadly Duel
Genre: Mystery
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