Deadly Attraction (Angus Brodie and Mikaela Forsythe Murder Mystery #13)

An anonymous advertisement appears in the Personals Column of the Times of London, known for arranging clandestine meetings, illicit messages, and trysts between lovers.

It promises escape from the dreariness, poverty, and crime of London with travel and adventure for a young woman as companion, all expenses paid. Interested parties are to respond to a box number at the Times of London newspaper.
It is an enticing lure and the only clue in the disappearance of three young women who could not be more different from one

Gwen, the daughter of a shopkeeper who sells brushes from his shop in Piccadilly, determined to see other places rather that waste away in a shop in London;

Charlotte, an educated young woman from a well-placed family whose fiancé died and need to put the past behind her;
Lizzie, the flower seller at Covent Garden who has collected postcards from the penny machines on the street of France, Portugal and Spain, places she’s told everyone that she’s going to see one day.

They have names and faces, all longing to escape their lives. Not unlike another adventurous young woman years before--Mikaela Forsythe.

A favor for a friend to make inquiries turns into a dangerous and deadly case as other clues are gradually uncovered, and Mikaela is able to learn that none of the young women ever left London, but have simply vanished.

Who is behind the disappearances?

And another nagging question—are there more out there who have disappeared?

When the ad appears again, there seems to be only one way to find out what might have happened to the women, by responding to the advertisement herself.

However, it is a decision that puts Mikaela at odds with Brodie, as well as in grave danger as she becomes the next ‘young woman’, in a dangerous scheme that could turn deadly.