The Last Daughter - Nicola Cornick
Category: Mystery
Tags: Mystery, Adults, Historical Fiction
In the winter of 1483, Francis Lovell is Richard IIIs Lord Chamberlain and confidant, but the threat of Henry Tudors rebels has the king entrusting to Francis and his wife, Anne, his most crucial mission: protecting the young Richard of York, his brothers surviving son and a threat to Henrys claims to the throne., Two years later, Richard III is dead, and Anne hides the young prince of York while Francis is hunted by agents of the new king, Henry VII. Running out of options to keep her husband and the boy safe, Anne uses the power of an ancient family relic to send them away, knowing that in doing so she will never see Francis again., In the present day, Serena Warren has been haunted by her past ever since her twin sister, Caitlin, disappeared. But when Caitlins bones are discovered interred in a church vault that hasnt been opened since the eighteenth century, the police are baffled. Piecing together local folklore that speaks of a magical relic with her own hazy memories of the day
