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When Julia, Lady Fieldhurst, returns from Scotland restless and out of sorts, her friend Emily plans a dinner party with half a dozen male guests from whom Julia may choose a lover. But the dinner ends in disaster when one of the guests is shot dead. Bow Street Runner John Pickett is summoned to Emily's house to find the killer of a man whom everyon has reason to want dead. He's also faced with the awkward task of informing Lady Fieldhurst that their...
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"To celebrate their engagement, DCI Arthur St. Just and Portia De'Ath visit the quiet village of Maidsfell in Cornwall. Upon arriving they find the villagers in an uproar over plans to redevelop the local seafront. The fishermen want to build a new slipway to aid their business, but many residents worry it will spoil the view for the tourists who help drive the economy. After a heated village meeting on the issue, St. Just overhears an argument involving...
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"Rosalind is pleased when she's invited to Cassel House to help her friend, Louisa, prepare for her upcoming wedding. But that's not the only event on her agenda. The trip will also afford Rosalind the chance to see Devon Winterbourne, the newly minted Duke of Casselmaine. Devon and Rosalind were on the verge of betrothal before the infamous Thorne family scandal derailed their courtship. Now Rosalind wonders if there's a chance their love might reignite....
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Bow Street Runner John Pickett is in Scotland investigating a woman found unconscious on the beach who bears a striking resemblance to the local laird's daughter, missing these last fifteen years. He's surprised to learn she was found by Lady Fieldhurst, and gratified to find her ladyship registered at the inn as Mrs. Julia Pickett. Then Angus Kirkbride dies hours after announcing he's changing his will, and "Mr. and Mrs. Pickett" join forces to discover...
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"1825. Delighted by the quiet uproar of raising their newborn, Lady Lucy and Major Sir Robert Kurland could not be more pleased at the prospect of welcoming another into their home. But their preparations are soon overshadowed by a baffling case of murder . . . Once known to all in her village as the rector's daughter, Lucy is now a mother herself - to a wonderful eighteen-month-old son, Ned. Upon discovering that she is expecting a second child,...
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Bath, England, 1891. Mr. James Harding was a lot of things--businessman, well-to-do, probable scoundrel--but a drinker he most assuredly was not. So when Harding is believed to have drunkenly fallen to his death into the icy River Avon, Lord William Wethington is immediately suspicious. Finding Lord William's name on a letter in the victim's pocket, the local constabulary summons William to identify the victim. Police detectives learn that William...
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"It is every mama's dearest wish that her daughter marries well. But how to ensure that a seemingly earnest suitor is not merely a fortune hunter? Rosalind is involved in just such a case, discreetly investigating a client's prospective son-in-law, when she is drawn into another predicament shockingly close to home. Rosalind's estranged father, Sir Reginald Thorne--a drunkard and forger--has fallen into the hands of the vicious scoundrel Russell...
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