the future Mrs. George Hazelton, American-born Countess of Harleigh,
encounters a young French woman with the shocking claim that she is the
rightful Mrs. Hazelton ...
For Frances Wynn, widow to the late Earl of Harleigh, life has a cosmopolitan
flavor of late. No sooner has she sent her mother and daughter off on a shopping
trip to Paris than she and her fiancé, George Hazelton, are socializing with visiting
members of the Russian royal family. Yet amid this whirlwind, scandal also comes
calling when Inspector Delaney turns up outside Frances's house with a young
French woman with a shocking claim: she is Mrs. George Hazelton.
As the future Mrs. George Hazelton, Frances assumes the woman is either lying or
demented. "Mrs. Hazelton," aka Irena, makes other outrageous statements.
Among them, she insists that she is the illegitimate daughter of Russian royalty,
that she has been abducted and held for ransom many times, and that someone is
sending her threatening letters. When George arrives, he clarifies that he is
certainly not married to Irena—though he can confirm her royal parentage. But
even as he agrees to investigate whether Irena's life is in danger, her claim proves
tragically true. Irena is found strangled in Frances' garden.
To uncover a killer—and clear their own names—Frances and George must
determine which of Irena's outlandish stories were based in fact, and who stood
to benefit from her death. And as the search reaches a shocking conclusion, they
may find that villainy lurks all too close to home ...
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Release date
July 27, 2021 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781705025901
- File size: 250364 KB
- Duration: 08:41:35
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Languages
- English
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