The Long Delayed Revenge
by David Field
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Publication date
- June 20, 2025
Jack and Esther Enright, with their four children in tow, have recently moved to a comfortable new home. Esther has settled into her dream job as headmistress of the local private school, owned by her mentor Emily Allsop.
But things are not going so well for Jack. Though he does not mind the commute to his high-ranking desk job at New Scotland Yard, he is disturbed by the level of recent resignations by uniformed constables in the East End.
Though the police force has always been used to tackling crime in the more impoverished parts of London, a recent influx of Russian immigrants has led to gang warfare and vigilante justice, which is proving impossible to control.
And when Esther’s school is vandalised with a disturbing message, Jack finds his detective skills are needed closer to home as well.
Things escalate when one of the young pupils is abducted and Jack needs all the help he can get in finding the perpetrator before it is too late.
Can Jack and Esther solve another case together? Will they rescue the child in time?Or will the unrest in London prove too much for even Jack to handle…?THE LONG DELAYED REVENGE is the tenth crime thriller in an exciting historical series, the Esther and Jack Enright Mysteries, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense.“An enduring mystery with a new detective partnership” – Linda Stratmann, author of the Frances Doughty and Mina Scarletti Mystery SeriesESTHER & JACK ENRIGHT MYSTERY SERIES
