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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Lots of adjustments, as John and Julia try to merge their very divergent lifestyles. Pride and prejudice are rampantly present and exercised before wiser heads assist and prevail. Nature helps a bit also. ( ) marriage, cozy-mystery, regency, relationships Two couples with the potential for some major resentments. The client is a young woman with pots of money but not the same class as her husband, and the man from Bow Street is a Runner while his new wife is the widow of a viscount. The client hires the runner because she is afraid that her husband is trying to murder her. The plot has lots of twists and not a few red herrings before coming to a positive conclusion. Quite well done! Joel Froomkin gives his usual fine performance as narrator. I requested and received a free audio copy from the author via AudioBookBOOM. The newlywed couple are having miscommunication troubles mostly from Julia's wealth and position and John, the Bow Street Runner, feeling insecure. He has been requested by a the wife of a aristocrat to find out if her husband is planning to murder her and reunite with his former love. At a costume ball a housemaid is poisoned by a drink believed to be for the Lady of the house and John starts his investigation. The murderer was pretty easy to guess early in the story. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Returning to London after his honeymoon, Bow Street Runner John Pickett soon discovers wedded bliss is not without its pitfalls, as he finds it galling to be financially dependent on Julia, his aristocratic bride. When he is summoned to the home of Lady Washbourn, Pickett finds he has something in common with the young countess: like himself, Lady Washbourn has married above her station, and now finds herself adrift in a world to which she does not truly belong. After a series of unsettling incidents--dismissed as accidents by Lord Washbourn and his mother, the dowager countess--Lady Washbourn fears her husband is trying to kill her. The couple will be hosting a masquerade ball, and the countess fears the anonymity of masks and costumes may afford Lord Washbourn an opportunity to make another, bolder attempt on her life. Tricked out in fancy dress for the occasion, Pickett feels more than a little foolish, but when one of the housemaids dies shortly after stealing a sip of Lady Washbourn's ratafia, he realizes her ladyship's fears were not unfounded. Then the coroner's jury returns a verdict of death by natural causes, and Lord Washbourn makes it clear that he considers the matter settled. Pickett stakes his professional reputation on proving the maid was murdered with a poison intended for her mistress. And with a reward of fifty pounds sterling riding on his successful resolution of the case, the marriage Pickett saves just might be his own. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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