A Body in Berkeley Square
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Publisher Description
London, 1817
A Bow Street Runner summons Captain Gabriel Lacey to a Berkeley Square ballroom where a young dandy has been found stabbed to death during a society ball. The prime suspect: Lacey's former commander, Colonel Brandon.
Instead of denying the charges, Colonel Brandon allows himself to be arrested, and claims, to Lacey's shock, that the lady he'd stayed protectively near at the ball is his mistress. Lacey realizes he is the only person not convinced of Brandon's guilt—all present, including Brandon's wife, believe Brandon committed the murder.
Colonel Brandon's reluctance to tell the truth proves to be Lacey's greatest obstacle in his race against time to prove Brandon's innocence. Lacey's hunt for evidence uncovers dark secrets that go back to the Peninsular Wars and involve the origins of Lacey's and Brandon's own private battle.
Book 5 in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries. This is a full-length novel.
Customer Reviews
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iBook Interesting writing - morals are not black and white.
Captain Lacey's ex-best friend and Colonial Brandon is arrested for a murder that Lacey thinks he didn't do. But Brandon is not helping him to discover the real murderer and is lying. Was Brandon really having an affair with Mrs Harper? Louisa is devastated. Donata, Lady Breckenbridge, watches closely to see how much Gabriel cares for Louisa. Louisa offers to run away with Gabriel, but he gently declines. He thinks she would she would later be ashamed, then hate herself, then hate him. Grenville and Marianne finally become a pair. The actress Claire Bennington is actually Grenville's daughter, and her husband was the murderer.