Shadow on the Highway

Hertfordshire, England, 1651.
England has been riven by civil war for nearly ten years, and the King's Cavaliers are getting ready to make their last stand against Cromwell's Roundheads.
Abigail Chaplin, a young deaf girl, has lost her father to the Roundhead cause. But with her family now in reduced circumstances, she is forced to work as a lady's maid at Markyate Manor, home of Royalist heiress Lady Katherine Fanshawe.
Abi is soon caught up in a web of sinister secrets which surround the Fanshawe estate, the most curious of which is the disappearance of Lady Katherine late at night.
Worse, Lady Katherine has taken a liking for her handsome but fiery brother, the rebel Ralph Chaplin. When she is asked to be a go-between, life gets dangerous fast.
Can Abi find her way through her divided loyalties to save her family?
Shadow On The Highway is based on the life and legend of Lady Katherine Fanshawe, the highwaywoman, sometimes known as 'The Wicked Lady'. It is the first book in The Highway Trilogy for Young Adults (and adults!)