A Watermark for Murder (The Blackthorn Books Mysteries)

By Lisa Talcott

A packet of old letters arrives at Blackthorn Books, promising a respectable literary connection to Bellthorpe's past.

Clara Whitmore expects faded ink, family pride, and the usual exaggerations that cling to old paper. Then she holds one letter to the light and sees the problem.

The watermark does not belong to the date.

When paper conservator Margot Lyle is found dead before she can explain what she discovered, Clara is drawn into a mystery of forged letters, country house secrets, and a vanished woman erased from the record.

With DI Oliver Dane pressing for evidence and Ned Fletcher noticing what others overlook, Clara follows the trail through watermarks, folded letters, stationer's marks, and old family archives.

In Bellthorpe, paper does not forget.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H14QXHCM
• ISBN13: 9798196116087
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"