The House on Blackwater Lane: A Lola Vale Victorian Mystery

When her estranged aunt dies unexpectedly, Lola Vale travels to the remote coastal village of Blackwater Hollow to settle the estate of Blackwater House, a crumbling manor perched above the sea. She intends to stay only long enough to put the property in order. Instead, she finds herself at the center of a mystery nearly twenty years old.The townspeople stare when they see her face. Servants whisper behind closed doors. Footsteps echo through corridors that should stand empty. And deep within the manor hangs the portrait of Clara Bellamy-a young woman who vanished without a trace years before. A woman who looks exactly like Lola.As she begins uncovering hidden letters, sealed passageways, and long-buried family secrets, Lola learns that Clara's disappearance was never properly investigated. Someone in Blackwater Hollow worked very hard to keep the truth hidden. And someone may still be protecting it.Set against the storm-lashed cliffs of Victorian England, The House on Blackwater Lane is a gothic mystery filled with forgotten scandals, hidden chambers, dangerous secrets, and the lingering ghosts of guilt and betrayal.Perfect for readers who love atmospheric historical mysteries, haunted manors, slow-burning suspense, and dark family secrets, this first installment in the Lola Vale Mysteries invites readers into a world where the past is never truly dead-and some houses remember more than they should.