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The Grosvenor Square Dilemma
(2026)(Book 34 in the Rannoch Fraser Mystery series)
A novel by Tracy Grant
To the Regency beau monde, Honoria Talbot Atwood is the essence of elegance. To Julien Mallinson, she is "my poisonous cousin Honoria." To Mélanie Rannoch, she is the woman everyone expected Mélanie’s husband Malcolm to marry.
Even a spy is not immune from jealousy. From the start of her marriage, Mélanie heard dowagers gossiping behind their fans that Honoria would have been the perfect wife for Malcolm, instead of the "foreign adventuress.’ In her worst moments, Mélanie can’t help but wonder if Malcolm might have been happier with Honoria.
But now the Rannochs discover that Honoria, recently widowed and still bitter over losing Malcolm, is in league with their greatest enemy. Worse, she has obtained the plans for a dangerous weapon. The Rannochs and fellow master spy Julien Mallinson break into Honoria’s Mayfair house to steal the plans only to be confronted by Honoria who tells them someone else has already made off with them. Suddenly Mélanie and Malcolm are reluctant allies with the woman Malcolm almost married. Half London seems to be after the documents—foreign embassies, the home office, the foreign office, revolutionaries, arms dealers. And not least, Malcolm’s former spymaster who happens to also be Honoria’s uncle. Danger lurks round every corner. But the greatest danger may be the unvoiced secrets that still haunt the Rannochs’ marriage…
A twisty, atmospheric mystery featuring married Regency spies, Mélanie and Malcolm Rannoch, perfect for readers of Deanna Raybourn, C.S. Harris, and Andrea Penrose.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Even a spy is not immune from jealousy. From the start of her marriage, Mélanie heard dowagers gossiping behind their fans that Honoria would have been the perfect wife for Malcolm, instead of the "foreign adventuress.’ In her worst moments, Mélanie can’t help but wonder if Malcolm might have been happier with Honoria.
But now the Rannochs discover that Honoria, recently widowed and still bitter over losing Malcolm, is in league with their greatest enemy. Worse, she has obtained the plans for a dangerous weapon. The Rannochs and fellow master spy Julien Mallinson break into Honoria’s Mayfair house to steal the plans only to be confronted by Honoria who tells them someone else has already made off with them. Suddenly Mélanie and Malcolm are reluctant allies with the woman Malcolm almost married. Half London seems to be after the documents—foreign embassies, the home office, the foreign office, revolutionaries, arms dealers. And not least, Malcolm’s former spymaster who happens to also be Honoria’s uncle. Danger lurks round every corner. But the greatest danger may be the unvoiced secrets that still haunt the Rannochs’ marriage…
A twisty, atmospheric mystery featuring married Regency spies, Mélanie and Malcolm Rannoch, perfect for readers of Deanna Raybourn, C.S. Harris, and Andrea Penrose.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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