A Gem of a Problem

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Looking is fine if you want to find something. But will what you find be what you are looking for?The accident that took Sam's life should have been enough, but then Major Barnaby delivers a claim on a packet Sam was carrying for him. A packet with expensive contents. A packet that is now missing. As the PS Mary B rots in a boatyard awaiting repair, Daniel blames Emma for what has happened, and Nella is upset with her for thinking she can solve this problem on her own. Now it appears she has misjudged the depths of Matty's honourable nature. She may have married, but she is a widow and single again and time on that old promise hasn't quite run out. As far as he is concerned anyway.Can she find the missing packet before the Major's wife returns from England and he makes good his threats? Or will Wirramilla suffer the consequences of Sam's behaviour, while Bea endures the fallout from a promise she knows nothing about.Set on the Murray River in the 1870s when the paddle steamers' whistles could be heard day and night between Echuca and Goolwa.This book follows British/Australian English. A clean cozy mystery: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language