Eliza Mace, co-authored with Sarah Burton and published by Duckworth, is the first in a series of historical detective novels. Eliza Mace, on the cusp of adulthood, is battling for her independence. Stuck in a crumbling manor house in the Welsh borders in the 1870s, she is thwarted by powers that conspire to protect, control and deceive her. But when her father goes missing in mysterious circumstances, Eliza’s determination to uncover the truth is unstoppable.

Joining forces with the local police constable, Dafydd Pritchard, she sets out to solve the case, but that’s no easy task. As she searches for evidence, Eliza exposes dark secrets that threaten to tear her world apart…