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The Convict’s Canal
Book 3 in the Jane Austen Investigates series.
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During a family visit near Oxford, Jane Austen becomes fascinated by the new canal terminus and the convicts employed on its construction. When engineer Mr Gardiner disappears and project funds vanish, the workers' criminal records make them convenient suspects before the evidence has been properly examined.
Jane investigates the wharf, the accounts and Gardiner's charming secretary while reconsidering her own first impressions. The canal's promise of progress conceals financial pressure, exploitation and personal ambition, any of which could provide a motive for disappearance and theft.
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