Darcie Wilde brings her nationally bestselling Rosalind Thorne
Mysteries to Kensington for a third installment in the Jane
Austen-inspired Regency-era series--now in paperback. Entrusted with
recovering a packet of highly sensitive letters stolen from Lady
Melbourne's desk, the charming and resourceful useful woman, Rosalind
Thorne, is about to find herself enmeshed in the trials and tangles
surrounding that most notorious poet of the Regency--George Gordon, Lord
Byron, and the most famous of his mistresses, the utterly ungovernable
Lady Caroline Lamb.
When the ladies of the ton of Regency London need discreet assistance,
they turn to Rosalind Thorne--in these mysteries inspired by the novels
of Jane Austen...
Trust is a delicate thing, and no one knows that better than Rosalind
Thorne. Lady Melbourne has entrusted her with recovering a packet of
highly sensitive private letters stolen from her desk. The contents of
these letters hold great interest for the famous poet Lord Byron, who
had carried on a notorious public affair with Lady Melbourne's
daughter-in-law, the inconveniently unstable Lady Caroline Lamb.
Rosalind is to take up residence in Melbourne House, posing as Lady
Melbourne's confidential secretary. There, she must discover the thief
and regain possession of the letters before any further scandal erupts.
However, Lady Melbourne omits a crucial detail. Rosalind learns from the
Bow Street runner Adam Harkness that an unidentified woman was found
dead in the courtyard of Melbourne House. The coroner has determined
that she was poisoned. Adam urges Rosalind to use her new position in
the household to help solve the murder. As she begins to untangle a web
of secrets and blackmail, Rosalind finds she must risk her own life to
bring this desperate business to an end...
