Betrayal at Blackthorn Park
With mystery, intrigue, and the hints of romance international bestselling author Julia Kelly is known for, Evelyne Redfern returns in Betrayal at Blackthorn Park.
Freshly graduated from a rigorous training program in all things spy craft, former typist Evelyne Redfern is eager for her first assignment as a field agent helping Britain win the war. However, when she learns her first task is performing a simple security test at Blackthorn Park, a requisitioned manor house in the sleepy Sussex countryside, she can’t help her initial disappointment. Making matters worse, her handler is to be David Poole, a fellow agent who manages to be both strait-laced and dashing in annoyingly equal measure. However, Evelyne soon realizes that Blackthorn Park is more than meets the eye, and an upcoming visit from Winston Churchill means that security at the secret weapons research and development facility is of the utmost importance.
When Evelyne discovers Blackthorn Park’s chief engineer dead in his office, her simple assignment becomes more complicated. Evelyne must use all of her―and David’s―detection skills to root out who is responsible and uncover layers of deception that could change the course of the war.
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Julia Kelly
Julia Kelly writes historical fiction with a keen eye for the lives that unfold behind the headlines of history. While major events shape the worlds of her novels, her stories are most interested in the people living through them, the women navigating uncertainty, the families separated by circumstance, and the individuals whose quiet decisions often carry extraordinary weight.
Born in Scotland and later living in both England and the United States, she developed an appreciation for history not simply as a collection of dates and events, but as a tapestry of personal experiences. That perspective has become a defining feature of her work. Whether exploring wartime Britain, family secrets, or relationships tested by upheaval, she approaches the past as something intimate and deeply human.
Evelyne Redfern
World War II provides the backdrop for countless mysteries, but the Evelyne Redfern series approaches the era from a refreshingly personal angle. Rather than focusing solely on battlefields or intelligence agencies, these novels explore the hidden tensions of wartime Britain through the eyes of a sharp-minded young woman whose curiosity repeatedly places her at the center of dangerous investigations.
Evelyne Redfern consists of three books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
