NADA ESTROPEA MÁS UNA FIESTA QUE UN ASESINATO.
Época de la Regencia, Inglaterra. La señorita Beatrice Hyde-Clare tiene veintiséis años, es huérfana, vive de la caridad de sus parientes y no tiene muchas esperanzas de casarse. Su papel en la vida parece claro: coser, sonreír y no molestar.
Pero cuando recibe una invitación para una elegante fiesta campestre decide que, esta vez, disfrutará. Ni siquiera la presencia del duque de Kesgrave (arrogante, apuesto y absolutamente irritante) le arruinará el momento. Aunque fantasear con verterle la sopa de tortuga sobre la cabeza, eso sí, es tentador.
Lo que Bea no espera es tropezarse con un cadáver. Y menos aún que el juez lo declare suicidio cuando ella sabe que no lo es. Así que, por mucho que le digan que se comporte como una dama. . . Bea tiene otros planes.
Época de la Regencia, Inglaterra. La señorita Beatrice Hyde-Clare tiene veintiséis años, es huérfana, vive de la caridad de sus parientes y no tiene muchas esperanzas de casarse. Su papel en la vida parece claro: coser, sonreír y no molestar.
Pero cuando recibe una invitación para una elegante fiesta campestre decide que, esta vez, disfrutará. Ni siquiera la presencia del duque de Kesgrave (arrogante, apuesto y absolutamente irritante) le arruinará el momento. Aunque fantasear con verterle la sopa de tortuga sobre la cabeza, eso sí, es tentador.
Lo que Bea no espera es tropezarse con un cadáver. Y menos aún que el juez lo declare suicidio cuando ella sabe que no lo es. Así que, por mucho que le digan que se comporte como una dama. . . Bea tiene otros planes.
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The past rears its gorgeous head ...
Deeply distressed to discover her husband lied about his whereabouts the day before, Beatrice, Duchess of Kesgrave, emerges from a wretched night's sleep to discover him embracing the most beautiful woman she has ever seen.
His former mistress!
It is shocking, yes, but not so very alarming, for Penelope Taylor is actually there to see Bea. Her dearest friend has been brutally slain, and as Millicent Lloyd happened to be sleeping in the courtesan's bed at the time, Mrs. Taylor is the only suspect. The magistrate is impatient to cart her off to Newgate and refuses to acknowledge the truth that is glaringly obvious to her: She was the intended victim.
Poor Millie, murdered in her stead!
Persuaded by the evidence, Bea accepts the assignment, launching an investigation to prove the innocence of her husband's former lover, whose fond recollections of her liaison with the duke confirm she is anything but innocent. Following the clues-and the trail of broken hearts discarded by Mrs. Taylor-Bea realizes she is looking for a villain more diabolical than any she has ever known.
And this one will not hesitate to strike again.
Deeply distressed to discover her husband lied about his whereabouts the day before, Beatrice, Duchess of Kesgrave, emerges from a wretched night's sleep to discover him embracing the most beautiful woman she has ever seen.
His former mistress!
It is shocking, yes, but not so very alarming, for Penelope Taylor is actually there to see Bea. Her dearest friend has been brutally slain, and as Millicent Lloyd happened to be sleeping in the courtesan's bed at the time, Mrs. Taylor is the only suspect. The magistrate is impatient to cart her off to Newgate and refuses to acknowledge the truth that is glaringly obvious to her: She was the intended victim.
Poor Millie, murdered in her stead!
Persuaded by the evidence, Bea accepts the assignment, launching an investigation to prove the innocence of her husband's former lover, whose fond recollections of her liaison with the duke confirm she is anything but innocent. Following the clues-and the trail of broken hearts discarded by Mrs. Taylor-Bea realizes she is looking for a villain more diabolical than any she has ever known.
And this one will not hesitate to strike again.