Deanna turns once more to Lady Julia and her companions with Dark Road to Darjeeling (October 2010) which features an exotic setting in the foothills of the Himalayas and the introduction of an arch-villain. March 2010 saw a departure from the series with the release of The Dead Travel Fast, a mid-Victorian Gothic thriller that features novelist Theodora Lestrange as she leaves the safety and security of her Edinburgh home for the dark woods and haunted castles of Transylvania. Silent on the Moor (March 2009), set in a grim manor house on the Yorkshire moors, is the third adventure for Lady Julia and the mysterious Brisbane.

The series continues with the second book, Silent in the Sanctuary (January 2008), a classic English country house murder mystery with a few twists and turns for Brisbane and Lady Julia along the way.

From the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to a Gypsy camp on Hampstead Heath, Silent in the Grave deftly captures the lush ambiance of Victorian London. The first in the Silent series, the book introduces Lady Julia Grey, an aristocrat bent on investigating the mysterious death of her husband with the help of the enigmatic private enquiry agent Nicholas Brisbane. Fourteen years and many, many rejections after her first novel, she signed two three-book deals with MIRA Books.ĭeanna’s debut novel, Silent in the Grave, published in January 2007. During summer vacation at the age of twenty-three, she wrote her first novel, and after three years as a teacher, Deanna left education to have a baby and pursue writing full-time. She married him on her graduation day and went on to teach high school English and history. Contact Deanna Rayburn.ĭeanna Raybourn Bio ( From Author’s Website ): A sixth-generation native Texan, New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn grew up in San Antonio where she met her college sweetheart. Pre-Order from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Hudson Booksellers, IndieBound, Powell’s, Target, Walmart, Penguin Random HouseĪbout the Author ( From Publisher’s Page ): Deanna Raybourn is the author of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Lady Julia Grey series, currently in development for television the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries, including A Treacherous Curse, A Perilous Undertaking, and A Curious Beginning and several stand-alone novels. She lives in Virginia with her family. Publisher’s Page for Veronica Speedwell Mystery Series

A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn