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A SUSPENSE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF 2020Perfect for fans of Tasha Alexander and Rhys Bowen, Katharine Schellman's debut novel is sure to delight.London 1815. Though newly-widowed Lily Adler is returning to a society that frowns on independent women, she is determined to create a meaningful life for herself even without a husband. She's no stranger to the glittering world of London's upper crust. At a ball thrown by her oldest friend, Lady Walter, she expects the scandal, gossip, and secrets. What she doesn't expect is the dead body in Lady Walter's garden.Lily overheard the man just minutes before he was shot: young, desperate, and attempting blackmail. But she's willing to leave the matter to the local constables--until Lord Walter bribes the investigating magistrate to drop the case. Stunned and confused, Lily realizes she's the only one with the key to catching the killer.Aided by a roguish navy captain and a mysterious heiress from the West Indies, Lily sets out to discover whether her friend's husband is mixed up in blackmail and murder. The unlikely team tries to conceal their investigation behind the whirl of London's social season, but the dead man knew secrets about people with power. Secrets that they would kill to keep hidden. Now, Lily will have to uncover the truth, before she becomes the murderer's next target.
“??? ????? ???? ??????? ?? ???? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ??????????. ??? ? ????????? ?? ????? ??????? ?? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ??? ???? ?? ????????? ???????? ?? ??? ??????? ?? ?????????? ???. ?? ??? ?????????? ??? ???????—???, ??? ???????? ?? ???????, ???? ???? ?? ??? ?????????—??? ??? ??????????? ???? ??????? ??? ????????? ??? ???? ???? ??? ???? ?????????? ?? ????????.”Lily Adler is a force to be reckoned with in the upper society of Regency England and I am HERE??FOR??HER??. Heartbroken after being widowed, Lily takes a house in London for a fresh start, but at one of the first society balls of the season she gets embroiled in a murder case that the authorities don’t seem to want to pursue. So she takes things into her own hands. This was a fun, well researched, and compulsively readable Regency era mystery. I love Lily and her no nonsense, practical, empowered sense of self, yet with a touching vulnerability just beneath the surface. She’s both thrilled and terrified by her own actions but it’s her belief in justice and equality that keeps her in pursuit of a murderer. The secondary characters in this are all well drawn and add to the believably authentic feel of this Regency era London created by the author. I was especially compelled by and interested in the two mixed-race characters seamlessly inserted into this upper echelon of London society and appreciated the Author’s Note that summarized the research she did on people of color in England at that time. And that Captain Jack Hartley gives good banter and protective friendship. ? *swoon*This book just worked for me on all levels and I’m excited to see there will be a second Lily Adler mystery soon.
