An all-new historical mystery in this USA Today bestselling series
featuring beloved inquiry agents Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing
husband, Sebastian Gage.
Argyll, Scotland. July 1832. After a trying few months in Edinburgh,
Kiera and her husband and investigative partner, Sebastian Gage, are
eager to escape to the Highlands with their three-month-old child. Kiera
is overjoyed for her cousin Rye and her detractor-turned-friend
Charlotte who are being wed in a private ceremony at the estate of Rye's
great-uncle, the Marquess of Barbreck, in what seems to be the perfect
wedding party.
But when Kiera is invited to peruse Barbreck's extensive art collection,
she is disturbed to discover that one of his most priceless paintings
seems to be a forgery. The marquess's furious reaction when she dares to
mention it leaves her shaken and the entire house shocked. For it turns
out that this is not the first time the word forgery has been uttered in
connection with the Barbreck household.
Matters turn more ominous when a maid from a neighboring estate is found
murdered where the forged painting hangs. Is her death connected to the
forgeries, perhaps a grisly warning of what awaits those who dare to
probe deeper? With unknown entities aligned against them, Kiera and Gage
are forced to confront the fact that they may have underestimated their
opponent. For they are swiftly made to realize that Charlotte's and
Rye's future happiness is not the only issue at stake, and this stealthy
game of cat and mouse could prove to have deadly consequences.
