The Matter of the Secret Bride (eBook)

Darcie Wilde (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
448 Seiten
Kensington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4967-5065-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Set in Regency London, this charming Jane Austen-inspired mystery series features Rosalind Thorne, a resourceful young woman with a talent for helping ladies of the ton with their most delicate and pressing predicaments. But now she's faced with a task of royal proportions. Literally. KingGeorge IV is petitioning Parliament for a divorce from his queen on the grounds of her adultery. But rumor has it that the king secretly married Maria Fitzherbertlong before he married the queen. Now Mrs. Fitzherbert has been robbedand she's frantically calling on Rosalind for help. Because what those thieves took is proof that she and King George did really marry. That single piece of paper could destroy Mrs. Fitzherbert and her familyor it could prove the king guilty of bigamy. Rosalind races to investigate. With her is ex-Bow Street officer, Adam Harkness, with whom Rosalind shares a complex and rapidly intensifying bond. But a case of theft soon turns to murder . . . Josiah Poole, a disreputable attorney specializing in helping debtorsand who was seen entering Mrs. Fitzherbert's houseis found brutally murdered. Mrs. Fitzherbert has debts. Could she have staged the theft, and employed Mr. Poole to sell the marriage certificate? Or is the truth even more complicated? Mrs. Fitzherbert's daughters have secrets of their own. And Poole himself had no shortage of enemies. With suspicious coincidences mounting, and more danger encroaching, Rosalind and Adam must move quickly to unravel a history-making mystery that might just lead them straight to the palace itself . . .

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.12.2024
• Reihe/Serie: A Useful Woman Mystery
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: Absolution • adulterous queen • adultery • Amanda Quick • andrea penrose • anna lee huber • Anne Perry • arsenic • Arsenic Poisoning • Bigamy • blackmail • bow street runner • British murder • british mystery • catholic widow • Cozy Mystery • deanna raybourn • detective • Divorce • divorce petition • England mystery • family secrets • female detective • female investigator • female sleuth • Gossip • Gothic • Gothic Romance • haut ton • High Society • historical mystery • Historical Romance • Jacqueline Winspear • Jane Austen • jane austen mystery • King George IV • Lauren Willig • literary mystery • London • London aristocracy • London Mystery • Love • maria Fitzherbert • Marriage secrets • Masterpiece Mystery • most useful woman • Murder Mystery • parliament • philandering king • Prince of Wales • princess caroline of Brunswick • Queen Caroline • Regency • regency historical • Regency London • Regency murder mystery • regency mystery • regency period • Regency Romance • regency romance mystery • rhys bowen • Robbery • Romance • royal adultery • royal divorce • royal scandal • royal secrets • Ruin • scandalous affair • secret first marriage • secret marriage • stolen evidence • stolen marriage certificate • Suspense • Theft • the ton
• ISBN-10: 1-4967-5065-9 / 1496750659
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-5065-5 / 9781496750655