Murder at the Debutante Ball
No CoverAmateur sleuth Cleopatra Fox untangles betrayal and blackmail after a cad is murdered at a high-society London debutante ball.
Amateur sleuth Cleopatra Fox untangles betrayal and blackmail after a cad is murdered at a high-society London debutante ball.
In this 5th installment of the bestselling mystery series, Cleopatra Fox gets entangled in a web of betrayal and blackmail that leaves the high society matchmakers scandalized. When a notorious cad is bludgeoned to death with a candlestick in the library at the most important ball of the London social season, Cleo finds herself in the prime position to solve the crime. After all, she stumbled across the body soon after the victim’s demise and is a witness to the evening’s events. But when a foot...
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Slow-burn romantic tension; adultery themes; non-graphic intimacy
Bludgeoning murder with a candlestick; crime scenes without graphic gore
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Social drinking at high-society balls and events
LGBTQ+ side characters and M/M relationships in subplots
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No fantasy magic elements present
No occult or demonology content present
Light Edwardian high-society class and social dynamics
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Blackmail, betrayal, and adultery themes drive the mystery
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