the case of the missing marquess nancy springer

Instead of taking Enola with her, she gives her clues to a small fortune that will help her start a new life if she chooses to run away, as well. Quite different from the tv show (which I think is superior), but as long as you know what you're getting, this is pretty fun in its own way.Įnola's mom disappears (like the show) but in the book, it appears that she has left because she's sick and tired of being told what to do by the men in her life (Sherlock and Mycroft). In 2007 she surprised her friends and herself by moving with her second husband to an isolated area of the Florida panhandle, where the birdwatching is spectacular and where, when fishing, she occasionally catches an alligator. She spent the next forty-six years in Pennsylvania, raising two children (Jonathan, now 38, and Nora, 34), writing, horseback riding, fishing, and birdwatching. DARK LIE, recently released from NAL, is her first venture into mass-market psychological suspense.īorn in Montclair, New Jersey, Nancy Springer moved with her family to Gettysburg, of Civil War fame, when she was thirteen. Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone, having written that many novels for adults, young adults and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magical realism, horror, and mystery - although she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession.

The case of the missing marquess nancy springer