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Safe in Death by S.K. Rizzolo
When murder comes calling,
a spinster gets a life.

“This is a novel to savor! More adventures for Esther Hardy, please!"
—Stephanie Barron, author of the Jane Austen Mysteries

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Safe in Death by S.K. Rizzolo
When murder comes calling,
a spinster gets a life.

“An enlightening period piece... Esther’s relationships power a story that remains vividly compelling throughout.”
Midwest Book Review

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Safe in Death by S.K. Rizzolo
When murder comes calling,
a spinster gets a life.

“Like the best historical mystery authors, Rizzolo
is scrupulously accurate and uses her setting as much more than window dressing."
Booklist

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Safe in Death by S.K. Rizzolo
When murder comes calling,
a spinster gets a life.

“Well written with a terrific plot that pulls you in from the beginning and never lets go until the very end."
Spinetingler Magazine

S.K. Rizzolo

About S.K. Rizzolo


S.K. Rizzolo earned an M.A. in literature before becoming a high school English teacher and author. A lifelong history enthusiast, she loves writing about crime-solving in 19th-century England. Rizzolo has published four Regency mysteries with the highly regarded Poisoned Pen Press. Safe in Death is the first book in a Victorian series introducing a bored spinster who finds her purpose in life as a detective.

Discover the John Chase/Penelope Wolfe Regency Mysteries:

The Rose in the Wheel
Blood for Blood
Die I Will Not
On a Desert Shore

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