Murder in berkeley square - vanessa riley

Embracing the true diversity of the Regency era, award-winning author Vanessa Riley brings readers a vibrant historical mystery starring an engaging heroine with an independent streak, a notorious past, and a decided talent for sleuthing in Murder in Berkley Square the latest novel in her Lady Worthing Mystery series.

A marriage of convenience saved Lady Abigail Worthings family from disgrace, but shes finding her absent husbands endless conditions increasingly repressive.

Unable to stay at their London home during the oncoming winter, she accepts a ride to the country from her neighbor, Stapleton Henderson.

However, shes less than delighted that shes his excuse to avoid a dinner held by Lord Charles Duncan, one of Londons most powerful--and relentless--magistrates.

More irritating, women are decidedly unwelcome at the evenings prestigious discussion of criminality--even though Abigail and Stapleton have solved several cases together .

Then an unexpected blizzard strands them at Lord Duncans with his now-houseguests.

Suddenly, an evening of fine dining, fine brandy, and insightful debate becomes an inescapable--and deadly--ordeal.

The ultimate test for Abigials skill.

One of the dinner guests is found dead in front of the Berkley Square mansion.

And when another party is murdered, Abigail discovers each had received a taunting, prophetic nursery rhyme .

coincidence, or clues left by a killer on the loose? Through deft interrogation, she learns everyone present is connected to Lord Duncans greatest failure in the courts: the conviction of a Martinique plantation informant for a murder he didnt commit.

But as Abigail races to find who was really responsible for the miscarriage of justice, shell be forced to put her own and Stapletons lives at risk in a gambit that will alter their fates forever--or end them permanently.