Too Soon for Flowers Book

The second book in the Bracebridge Mysteries. We meet Charlotte Willett and Richard & Diana Longfellow again. This time small pox is an issue for the area and Richard has brought a physician to help inoculate Diana to protect her from the dreaded disease.

Three subjects are sequestered at Charlotte's home. Diana, Phoebe & Lem. Diana & Phoebe take the inoculation by sniffing a powder, Lem by standard incision.

Diana soon has a new suitor one Mr. Pelham. Mr. Pelham is a recent widower and seems eager to wed again as he has inherited quite a bit of money and had moved up in social rank. Diana is smitten with flirtations even though Edmond Montegu is still in pursuit.

As it turns out Mr. Pelham, Dr. Tucker and Phoebe have all previously met. The tale unfolds as Phoebe is discovered dead one morning, small pox may not be the culprit.