Bella Wallis is a respectable society woman with a secret identity: in an office buried deep within the seedy backstreets of London, she writes sensationalist novels exposing the scoundrels that litter high society under the pen name Henry Ellis Margam.
So when a crested cigar case is found near the body of a murdered prostitute, Bella and her friends are determined to trace the murderer and write a mystery that will avenge the poor girl's untimely death. But the owner of the cigar case is a dangerous - and rich - man who has already destroyed the lives of others who have crossed him. Will Bella see justice done, or will she meet the same fate as so many of her characters. . . ?
The Widow's Secret is the first in the Bella Wallis series of mysteries and takes us from London to Paris, from the highest of society to the lowest of the low. It is an entertaining, effervescent romp and a wonderful introduction to this most charismatic of heroines.
So when a crested cigar case is found near the body of a murdered prostitute, Bella and her friends are determined to trace the murderer and write a mystery that will avenge the poor girl's untimely death. But the owner of the cigar case is a dangerous - and rich - man who has already destroyed the lives of others who have crossed him. Will Bella see justice done, or will she meet the same fate as so many of her characters. . . ?
The Widow's Secret is the first in the Bella Wallis series of mysteries and takes us from London to Paris, from the highest of society to the lowest of the low. It is an entertaining, effervescent romp and a wonderful introduction to this most charismatic of heroines.
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London is alive with gossip about the thrilling new book by sensationalist author Henry Ellis Margam but only a select group of people know that the real author is beautiful widow and member of high society Bella Wallis.
One of her confidantes is the dashing Philip Westland who comes to Bella now with a problem: his best friend Kennet is smitten with the heiress Mary Skillane but Mary's father Sir William has promised her to Robert Judd a vulgar treasure-seeker. Mary is due to inherit the Skillane pearls which are currently residing in a Cornsih bank vault but it seems that the pearls were ill-gotten.
Can Bella and her friends reunite the young lovers and escape the attention of the villainous Judd?
One of her confidantes is the dashing Philip Westland who comes to Bella now with a problem: his best friend Kennet is smitten with the heiress Mary Skillane but Mary's father Sir William has promised her to Robert Judd a vulgar treasure-seeker. Mary is due to inherit the Skillane pearls which are currently residing in a Cornsih bank vault but it seems that the pearls were ill-gotten.
Can Bella and her friends reunite the young lovers and escape the attention of the villainous Judd?