A Most Inconvenient Corpse

Elegant music and dance, astronomical research, courtly intrigue--and murder, in a world inspired by 18th century Versailles.

In Avrenante, the Hall of Mirrors still sparkles. The music and dance are beyond compare. They are almost enough to distract Marguerite from her fear of the King's Inquirer, and the death that awaits a murderess.

Marguerite, Duchesse de Lille, was only trying to defend herself. She didn't mean to kill the Marechal-Duc de Nolhac. Now, the Duc's powerful family demands vengeance from the King.

The handsome privateer is another distraction--or is he more?

Her husband is kind, but his heart lies with another woman.

The ghost of her victim wants revenge, and he grows in strength day by day.

Will she escape? And if so, how?