In 1816 London, Kendra Donovan tries to track down a missing man, but
also finds trouble brewing closer to home in the fifth book in Julie
McElwain's riveting time-travel mystery series.
When Kendra Donovan is approached by Mrs. Gavenston with an unusual
request--to find her business manager, Jeremy Pascoe, who recently
vanished--the FBI agent is eager to accept the challenge. To Kendra's
way of thinking, spending her time locating a missing person suits her
more than perfecting her embroidery, painting watercolors, practicing on
the pianoforte, or any of the other activities that are socially
acceptable for young ladies in the early nineteenth century.
Unfortunately, the missing person's case turns into a murder
investigation after Kendra finds the man stabbed to death in a remote
cottage that he'd been using as a writer's retreat. Everyone who knew
him says that Pascoe was a fine fellow. So who hated him enough to kill
him?
Seeking the answer to that question plunges Kendra into the world of big
business, as Mrs. Gavenston happens to run one of the largest breweries
in England. And if there is one thing Kendra knows hasn't changed, it's
that big business means big money . . . and money is always a motive for
murder.
While Kendra works to sift through the truth and lies swirling around
Mr. Pascoe's life--and death--her world is rocked closer to home when a
woman arrives claiming to be the Duke of Aldridge's presumably dead
daughter, Charlotte. It is a distraction Kendra cannot afford, not when
there is a killer lurking in the shadows who will do anything to keep
the truth from being exposed.
