The Case of the Missing Bride

Carmen Radtke has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter.When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realised she was hooked for life."The Case of the Missing Bride" is a former Malice Domestic finalist, inspired by a true event. Its heroine Alyssa Chalmers will soon return in "Glittering Death".When Carmen is not writing, reading or dreaming of travel, she is busy acting as resident cat servant.She's currently working on her first contemporary crime novel.Follow Carmen on Bookbub: https://bookbub.com/profile/carmen-radtkeOr on Twitter: @carmenradtke1Her website (very much a work in progress) is carmenradtke.com

It was supposed to be the start of a happy, new life …1862 - a group of young Australian women set sail for matrimony in Canada.Their presence is withheld from the male passengers and all but a select fewmembers of the crew. But their worlds collide when one of the gentlemenstumbles over the women.When one of the intended brides goes missing, only Alyssa Chalmers, theone educated, wealthy woman in the group, is convinced the disappearanceis no accident. She sets out to find out what happened.Has there been a murder?Alyssa is willing to move heaven and earth to find out the truth. She is aboutto discover that there is more to her voyage into the unknown than shebargained for.