The Finder

By: Shaw, Eva

Book Overview

Missing women, a disbanded cult, and a dodgy inheritance put Beatrix Patterson to the test.

Beatrix Patterson wanted to spend a morning organizing her thoughts over a nice cup of coffee and the local newspaper. But her carefully curated day is quickly interrupted when a friend of a friend asks for her help. Their friend is dead, and he wants to make sure there's no foul play. Cases keep piling in, as another family friend seeks his wife. Then a body is found at the base of local cliffs with no one to claim her.

Beatrix is good at finding things-people, the truth, missing evidence. As more Jane Does appear at the base of the cliff, each with similar ceremonial markings, Beatrix grows more passionate.

The deeper she digs, the less the pieces fit together. From a strange, disbanded cult to the drag queen desperate to claim an inheritance, Beatrix is soon stretched thin.

Surrounded by new neighbors with shadowed pasts, she has to wonder: will anyone believe her?

This historical mystery novel is packed with intrigue and beauty, set four years after World War II ends. Follow familiar characters Beatrix Patterson and Thomas Ling as they settle into a new life in Santa Barbara, California. The Finder is the second book in the Beatrix Patterson novels, however, each book can be read as a stand-alone or in order of publication.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611534844
• ISBN13: 9781611534849
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Torchflame Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A thought-provoking, suspenseful historical mystery

The Finder is the second in a historical mystery series following Beatrix Patterson, a courageous, intelligent psychologist with an excellent memory. I did not read the first book, The Seeker, and was able to enjoy The Finder, but it would enhance the reading experience to read them in order. After the second world war, Beatrix and her fiancé Dr. Thomas Ling have moved to Santa Barbara where they encounter three different mysteries to solve. The characters are interesting and well developed and the mystery intriguing and twisty. I liked Beatrix and Thomas, their sense of social justice, progressive views and witty banter. The Finder was a suspenseful and thought-provoking book, and I'd like to read The Seer to discover how Beatrix and Thomas met. Thank you to Books Forward PR and the publisher for a copy to review.