
The Vanishing at Loxby Manor
A Regency Mystery
by Abigail Wilson
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Pub Date Jan 26 2021 | Archive Date Feb 26 2021
Thomas Nelson--FICTION | Thomas Nelson
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Description
A story of second chances and secrets, this mysterious Regency romance will transport you to nineteenth-century England where a young lady reunites with her childhood love to find his missing sister.
Her friend is missing.
After five years abroad, Charity Halliwell returns to Loxby Manor, the home of dear friends—and her lost love. No longer a young girl, she is now haunted by a painful secret and the demise of her dreams. She hopes to find a place of healing and happiness, but instead she encounters a darkness lurking in the shadows of the once-familiar house. Then her friend, Seline, disappears the very night of her arrival, and Charity is determined to uncover the truth.
Her only hope is the man who broke her heart.
Branded a coward, Piers Cavanaugh has lived the last five years as an outcast far from his family home. When his sister presumably elopes with a stable hand, Piers joins forces with an unlikely partner—the one woman he thought he’d never see again. Together they launch an investigation that leads to strange nightly meetings in the ruins of an old abbey and disturbing whispers of a secret organization. The more they learn, the more desperate the situation becomes.
The house seems determined to keep its secrets.
As they struggle to piece together the clues, Charity and Piers also endeavor to rebuild their friendship. One cryptic letter changed everything between them. To find happiness they must overcome the grief and shame keeping them apart. But first they must discover why Seline vanished and confront the growing fear that she may never return.
Settle in, because once you start The Vanishing at Loxby Manor, you won’t be able to put it down.
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9780785232957 |
PRICE | $16.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 336 |
Featured Reviews

THE VANISHING AT LOXBY MANOR by ABIGAIL WILSON is a well written and exciting historical novel with romance, mystery, intrigue, suspense and more, that is set in East Whitloe in Kent in the early 1800's.
When Charity Halliwell returns to Loxby Manor after five years in Ceylon she finds an awful darkness about the place, which is made worse by the disappearance of her best friend Seline Cavanagh.
Piers Cavanagh has come back home after being banished to a place outside of Liverpool due to his perceived cowardice in not arriving to take part in a duel against Lord Kendal. He has decided he can never marry as he could never expect a wife to share his shame.
Whilst Piers' shame is public, Charity's is private. Because of what happened to her in Ceylon she feels she can never marry.
The two work together to try and find out what has happened to Selene and soon realize that things are not as they seem.
Add to this a mysterious secret society to which Piers' brother Avery and his three good friends belong, the gloom of Kinwich Abbey with its statue of a faceless monk, an hysterical and sad Mrs Cavanagh who is nonetheless determined to keep scandal about the family at bay, a blind and practically bedridden Mr Cavanagh and a stable hand who is on the make, all whilst social norms are being followed, and you have a really good story! There is also a strong Christian message of hope and of letting go of the past running through the book.
This is a really exciting read and one I can recommend to anyone who enjoys this genre.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Thomas Nelson. The opinions in this review are completely my own.
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