The Face at the Window
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Open the Series TrackerA widowed sleuth and her maid. A frightened mother with a face at her window. One locked room upstairs.
Violet Vickers, Doctor’s Widow and Amateur Sleuth. Violet takes callers in her reading room now. Her first is a frightened mother who saw a face at her window in the dead of night. She wants the prowler named. No one was robbed, no threat was made, and the one witness in the house sits behind a locked door.
Esther Wainwright, Village Householder and Mother of a Returned Soldier. Esther’s garden ends in an old tree her neighbor Graham Sullivan wants felled. Her son Peter came home from the war and has not left his room since. She wants the prowler caught and her son kept safe behind that door. Violet keeps asking about the staircase.
Violet and Lucy sit up all night in Esther’s lounge with a book, a sketchpad and a rolling pin. Constable Thornton has weightier matters. Let it go, and a frightened woman keeps watch alone while whatever that door guards stays guarded.
A stranger’s face at the window brought Violet to the house. A locked door is what keeps her there.
– amateur sleuth — a doctor’s widow who takes callers in her reading room
– 1920s British cosy mystery — a village between the wars, with a post office, a pub and one long lane
– widowed lady detective — her late husband in her thoughts on every case
– lady and maid sleuthing duo — Lucy with the tape measure, Violet with the questions
– night stakeout — two women, a rolling pin and a window that stays dark
– feuding neighbors — one gnarled old tree and the flowerbeds it shades
– returned soldier behind a locked door — a mother who lets no one in
– grudging village constable — Constable Thornton, informed after the fact
– clean cosy fiction — no profanity and no graphic violence
Perfect for fans of 1920s British village cosy mysteries, widowed lady sleuths with a loyal maid at their side, and gentle post-war whodunits with a faith-friendly heart.
Pick up Violet’s third case in the Violet Vickers 1920s Cosy Mysteries today.
Heat Level: Closed Door (no on-page intimacy)
Tone: Cosy · Atmospheric · Emotional
Series Type: Book 3 of 12 in the Violet Vickers 1920s Cosy Mysteries series — each book reads as a standalone
Ending: Bittersweet
POV: Single POV · Third Person
Content Notes: off-page death, war trauma, grief
Inspirational Theme: Hopeful · faith-friendly tone
