
Lady Emily probes a country-house murder, chasing clues from English society to Vienna amid romance and political intrigue.
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Lady Emily probes a country-house murder, chasing clues from English society to Vienna amid romance and political intrigue.
At her friend Ivy's behest, Emily reluctantly agrees to attend a party at the sprawling English country estate of Lord Fortescue, a man she finds as odious as he is powerful. But if Emily is expecting Lord Fortescue to be the greatest of her problems, she is wrong. Her host has also invited Kristiana von Lange, an Austrian countess who was once linked romantically with Emily's fiance, the debonair Colin Hargreaves. What Emily believes will be a tedious evening turns deadly when Fortescue is foun...
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Genteel romantic chemistry; jealousy over a past lover; sensual but not explicit
Shooting murder and deadly peril without graphic gore
Rare mild period language
Social drinking at house parties and cafés
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No fantasy magic elements present
No occult or demonology content present
Political intrigue, anarchists, and assassination threats drive the plot
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