Private Ends

London, 1716. When a parcel addressed to the Duke of Newcastle, the King's own Lord Chamberlain, turns out to be a devastating act of violence disguised as a gift, Hester Kean does what no one expects of a waiting woman: she moves into St. James's Palace itself to find out who sent it.

Inside the palace, Hester navigates a household divided by royal politics, a King estranged from his own son, courtiers playing both sides, and secrets everyone has a reason to keep. The deeper she digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes, for everyone around her, and for the outlawed Viscount St. Mars, still hunted as the highwayman Blue Satan, who cannot risk being seen at Court at all.

When the investigation turns against Gideon himself, Hester's only hope of saving him may be a plan as daring as anything Blue Satan has ever attempted, one that could cost them everything they've fought to keep.

Private Ends is Book 7 in Patricia Wynn's Blue Satan Mystery Series, continuing the Georgian historical mystery of Gideon, Hester, and the outlaw known as Blue Satan.