Mrs. Jeffries Defends Her Own
by Emily Brightwell

She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon...and keeps him on his toes. Everyone’s awed by his Scotland Yard successes—but they don’t know about his secret weapon. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, Mrs. Jeffries’ polished detection skills are up to the task...proving that behind every great man there’s a woman—and that a crimesolver’s work is never done.

When the general office manager of Sutcliffe Manufacturing is murdered, no one is really surprised. Ronald Dearman was anything but a dear man. The tyrannical bully had more than enough enemies to go around. But who hated him enough to walk into his office and put a bullet between his eyes?

For once, Inspector Gerald Witherspoon doesn’t get the case, it’s given to another inspector. Then someone from Mrs. Jeffries’ past—someone she’d hoped to never see again—shows up and begs for her help. Now Mrs. Jeffries must step into the fray and stop a terrible miscarriage of justice...

Other Books by Emily Brightwell

Mrs. Jeffries and the Three Wise Women
Victorian Mystery Book 36

Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize
A Victorian Mystery #34

Mrs. Jeffries Serves at Six
Victorian Mysteries

Mrs. Jeffries and the One Who Got Away
A Victorian Mystery #33

Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen
A Victorian Mystery #32

Mrs. Jeffries Pleads the Fifth
Victorian Mysteries

Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen
A Victorian Mystery #32

Mrs. Jeffries Sallies Forth
Victorian Mysteries

Mrs. Jeffries Turns the Tide
A Victorian Mystery #31

Mrs. Jeffries Takes Tea at Three
Victorian Mysteries

Mrs. Jeffries & the Mistletoe Mix-Up
A Victorian Mystery #29

Mrs. Jeffries Takes a Second Look
A Victorian Mystery

Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up
A Victorian Mystery #29

Mrs. Jeffries Forges Ahead
A Victorian Mystery #27

Emily Brightwell's Bio

Emily Brightwell was born in West Virginia, the middle sister to Nanette and Linda. Her family moved to Los Angeles in the early sixties, where she graduated from Pasadena High School.

After her high school years, Emily went to California State University Fullerton and earned a Degree in American Studies.

On a visit to England in 1975, one January morning in Leeds, Yorkshire she met the Englishman who would become her husband, Richard. They were married in May 1976 and returned to California in September 1977.

In 1988 Emily decided to try fiction writing and make a new career as a writer.

This was always a dream of hers so she began by writing romances and became a member of the Romance Writers of America. After her entry in the "unpublished authors" contest run by the Orange County chapter of the RWA, was a finalist, she was delighted, but the editor who read my manuscript was scathing in her criticism.

She was crushed for a day or so, but it hardened my resolve to continue writing. It was her very next proposal that sold to Silhouette and was published as a Special Edition under the pen name of Sarah Temple.

Emily wrote two more Special Editions for Silhouette but always wanted to write other kinds of fiction so when her agent asked if she would be interested in writing a Victorian mystery series for Prime Crime she jumped at the chance.