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The Accidental Lady Detective
(2027)(The first book in the Lady Saint Mystery series)
A novel by Sofie Darling
A glittering, shadowed past…a society wedding shattered by murder…and a legendary missing ruby only she is equipped to trace.
‘Lady’ Saint Fitzduke stands at a crossroads. There is the before—velvet nights, glittering jewels, shady associations—and there is who she is now, a woman remade by one shocking moment on a Paris rooftop. But trouble has a way of finding Saint, and it tracks her down at an aristocratic wedding brought to a dead stop by the murder of the bride.
Gone with the bride’s life is ‘La promessa,’ the legendary ruby every daughter of the family wears on her wedding day''a jewel Saint has a history with. As the crime pulls her back toward the life she left and into a future she never imagined, she combines forces with fellow wedding guest and top London barrister, Lord Stellan Black, to uncover the ugly truth of how human frailty can lead to the ultimate crime—before the past claims another victim.
Perfect for readers who love:
– Glamorous historical mystery and amateur sleuths
– A reformed jewel-thief heroine with a shadowed past
– Elegant, intrigue-laced period settings
– A missing legendary jewel and buried secrets
Genre: Mystery
‘Lady’ Saint Fitzduke stands at a crossroads. There is the before—velvet nights, glittering jewels, shady associations—and there is who she is now, a woman remade by one shocking moment on a Paris rooftop. But trouble has a way of finding Saint, and it tracks her down at an aristocratic wedding brought to a dead stop by the murder of the bride.
Gone with the bride’s life is ‘La promessa,’ the legendary ruby every daughter of the family wears on her wedding day''a jewel Saint has a history with. As the crime pulls her back toward the life she left and into a future she never imagined, she combines forces with fellow wedding guest and top London barrister, Lord Stellan Black, to uncover the ugly truth of how human frailty can lead to the ultimate crime—before the past claims another victim.
Perfect for readers who love:
– Glamorous historical mystery and amateur sleuths
– A reformed jewel-thief heroine with a shadowed past
– Elegant, intrigue-laced period settings
– A missing legendary jewel and buried secrets
Genre: Mystery