An Artless Demise
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Lady Darby returns to London with her new husband, Sebastian Gage, but newlywed bliss won't last for long when her past comes back to haunt her in the latest exciting installment in this national bestselling series. November 1831. After fleeing London in infamy more than two years prior, Lady Kiera Darby's return to the city is anything but mundane, though not for the reasons she expected. A gang of body snatchers is arrested on suspicion of imitating the notorious misdeeds of Edinburgh criminals, Burke and Hare--killing people from the streets and selling their bodies to medical schools. Then Kiera's past--a past she thought she'd finally made peace with--rises up to haunt her. All of London is horrified by the evidence that "burkers" are, indeed, at work in their city. The terrified populace hovers on a knife's edge, ready to take their enmity out on any likely suspect. And when Kiera receives a letter of blackmail, threatening to divulge details about her late anatomist husband's involvement with the body snatchers and wrongfully implicate her, she begins to apprehend just how precarious her situation is. Not only for herself, but also her new husband and investigative partner, Sebastian Gage, and their unborn child. Meanwhile, the young scion of a noble family has been found murdered a block from his home, and the man's family wants Kiera and Gage to investigate. Is it a failed attempt by the London burkers, having left the body behind, or the crime of someone much closer to home? Someone who stalks the privileged, using the uproar over the burkers to cover his own dark deeds?
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Lady Darby and her husband Gage are about to be drawn into another investigation, and this one threatens more than just a tangled web of deceit. Lady Darby herself is cast into suspicious light when her past comes back to haunt her.
When young aristocratic noblemen are murdered, there are questions as to why these men are being killed. With another killer on the loose, one who is taking unnamed victims from the street, and selling their bodies to those who dissect them for medical research, the noblemen don't seem to fit into the picture. But as the mystery deepens, so too does the idea that there might be an underlying cause, and only one of the noblemen is the real target.
Catch up with Lady Darby and Lord Gage as they work through the facts and try to figure out what is going on.
Oh my goodness! I could not put this book down! I had to stop myself from inserting spoilers into the review! This is one book that has to be read and enjoyed. I will say, there is one major bombshell in the book, that I did NOT see coming! Took me aback, and I had to re-read the section to be sure I was understanding!
Grab this book as soon as it becomes available! Perfect for those Spring Break trips or a quiet weekend!
Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the advanced copy for a free and unbiased review.
