The Prodigal Sister
Darry Fraser
Reviewed by Helen
Darry Fraser has again written a story that is not only entertaining but informative as we travel back in time to Melbourne 1900 just before federation and we meet the strong and lovely Prudence North a young woman determined to get ahead in life, this was a fabulous story that had me turning th pages as I got to know Prudence, I do hope you will come along for the journey.
Prudence North has just returned from Scotland where she was studying at the university, she now has a degree and hopes to find worthwhile employment in a male dominated world, she is very interested in the modern new forensic science that should enable the police department to correctly discover answers, but for the moment she is concentrating on her mother who is very ill and her younger sister who sadly has the same condition their mother has a debilitating illness Huntington’s Chorea.
Prudence is met soon after her arrival home by a friend of her father Dr Gregory North, a high ranking police officer Everard Bankston and he threatens to have her father charged with illegal practice unless she finds information on a man by the name of Jasper Darke, left with no choice Prudence does her best to find some information not that there seems to be much but she is taken with the handsome stranger.
Things seem to be changing fast for Prudence and she is more worried about her sister as she finds out some truths about Mr Bankston, when a body turns up in her father’s surgery Prudence immediately notices footprints and her knowledge sees her working out how some things have happened but she finds it hard to get anyone to listen to her.
Meanwhile meeting up with an old school friends gets her closer to Mr Jasper Darke and their friendship grows as he steps in and helps her through some trying times and they discover the truth behind Mr Bankston, and has Prudence thinking about her future and that of her sister.
This is such a great story, fast paced with some twists and turns that had me turning the pages, an intriguing story with such awesome characters Prudence is such a strong woman I loved that she was prepared to stand up for her herself through some very hard and trying times and Jasper what a great hero he is through everything that happened.
Darry Fraser has again researched so well and bought this story and the wonderful characters to life on the pages and I would highly recommend this story to anyone who loves a good story.
My thanks to the publisher for my copy to read and review
Prudence North has just returned from Scotland where she was studying at the university, she now has a degree and hopes to find worthwhile employment in a male dominated world, she is very interested in the modern new forensic science that should enable the police department to correctly discover answers, but for the moment she is concentrating on her mother who is very ill and her younger sister who sadly has the same condition their mother has a debilitating illness Huntington’s Chorea.
Prudence is met soon after her arrival home by a friend of her father Dr Gregory North, a high ranking police officer Everard Bankston and he threatens to have her father charged with illegal practice unless she finds information on a man by the name of Jasper Darke, left with no choice Prudence does her best to find some information not that there seems to be much but she is taken with the handsome stranger.
Things seem to be changing fast for Prudence and she is more worried about her sister as she finds out some truths about Mr Bankston, when a body turns up in her father’s surgery Prudence immediately notices footprints and her knowledge sees her working out how some things have happened but she finds it hard to get anyone to listen to her.
Meanwhile meeting up with an old school friends gets her closer to Mr Jasper Darke and their friendship grows as he steps in and helps her through some trying times and they discover the truth behind Mr Bankston, and has Prudence thinking about her future and that of her sister.
This is such a great story, fast paced with some twists and turns that had me turning the pages, an intriguing story with such awesome characters Prudence is such a strong woman I loved that she was prepared to stand up for her herself through some very hard and trying times and Jasper what a great hero he is through everything that happened.
Darry Fraser has again researched so well and bought this story and the wonderful characters to life on the pages and I would highly recommend this story to anyone who loves a good story.
My thanks to the publisher for my copy to read and review
5 stars
Published December 1st 2021 by Mira
