I assume you have all heard of the 3 Yorkshire Sisters called Bronte, Charlotte, Emily and Anne plus their brother Barnwell. This is a novel that tells a fanciful story of their curiosity in the new force in London the Metropolitan Police Force with the creation of detectives now the fashionable or sexy side of Policing well from the outside anyway..
So the story starts with the news that one of Charlotte's school friends who is a nanny for the wealthy Mr Robert Chester and his wife Elizabeth but whilst talking a cup of tea in the morning to Elizabeth she sees blood seeping from under the bedroom for and then no body inside the bedroom, So after visiting their friend of hero's decide to give this detective thing ago. It appears that they have a knack ("gift" probably a more Bronte word in fairness) as the clues begin to build up with the hot tempered Mr Chester a very obvious suspect. They get to travel all over Yorkshire but not as quickly as you or I now a day's, and so they slowly but steadily collect clues and a ability I'm told of many sisters to wind each other up but still get along and gather facts. It's the putting them all together that takes the time.
This is clearly a fun work that shows a possible way for the Ladies to grow up into adulthood and set a path that could lead them to the great works they are famous for, It is a work of fiction however with a few dark moments so not all just fun i guess, but has a credibility that snares you and before you know it your hooked. There is great drama fanfare and a escape from their romantic stuff but a clue as to why they remained single which was a major relief for me..
I loved this book and feel it is more than worthy of five stars and I'm looking forward to reading more books from Bella Ellis.

I was pleasantly surprised by this book and I loved reading it and trying to keep up with the Bronte sisters- what characters they were, strong willed, determined and highly intelligent.

I love the idea that, although, "spinsters", they were off gallivanting across the moors in search of the truth, They found a bit more than they bargained for in trying to solve the disappearance of Elizabeth Chester. Was she murdered, kidnapped or has she run away? Follow the twists and turns of this mystery and meet brother Branwell and follow his despair in the story.

I admit that I am not altogether familiar with the lives of the Bronte family and loved how Bella Ellis turned them into sleuths determined to catch a killer. I am currently reading a children's book about their lives called The Fantastically Feminist (and totally true) story of the Astonishing Authors, the Brontes. I have also just purchased Glass Town Game which is a work of fiction about the real game the siblings played together.

This book kept me hooked and engaged and I hope there will be a second in the series.
I can't wait to see what trouble they get into next.

A joyous novel with the Brontë sisters as amateur detectives, read in a few fun hours. Their characters are clear and bold, echoing the different styles of their books. The claustrophobic isolation and boredom of their lives before they become "detectors" is well drawn, I have always wondered if we would have their novels had TV been invented in the 1840's. The biographical details are used to good effect, although we are told once too many times that Branwell has red hair.
The story moves at a rapid pace and contains many of the features of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, mysterious strangers, figures in the attic, passion, madness, and fire; its not a pastiche, but I had fun spotting how this "real life" made it into the sisters novels. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and am hoping this will be a series.