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Informationen zum Autor Robin Paige is the pseudonym of husband-and-wife team Susan Wittig Albert and Bill Albert. Susan Wittig Albert is the author of the China Bayles mysteries. Bill Albert is the coauthor, with his wife, of more than sixty novels for young adults. Klappentext Robin Paige's Victorian mysteries feature the sleuthing team of Sir Charles Sheridan and Kathryn Ardleigh! the spirited American who pseudonymously writes the popular yet frowned upon "penny dreadfuls". In this novel! the duo is called upon to solve two murders--and prevent a scandal--by the Prince of Wales himself. Zusammenfassung Sir Charles Sheridan is many things—an amateur scientist! a renowned photographer! and a skilled detective. And due to Victorian customs! he will soon become a baron—rendering him unable to marry American writer Kate Ardleigh. But even as customs keep them apart! a good muder case always seems to bring them together... The Countess of Warwick! known affectionately as "Daisy!" is the subject of endless rumors about her "unladylike" ways and temperament. But what happens during a weekend party at her Easton estate is uglier that any rumor. First! a stableboy is killed. Then a nobleman is murdered outide Daisy's well-known trysting spot. A murderer is on the grounds—and on the loose. Seeking to avoid scandal! the Prince of Wales orders Sir Charles to solve the case. Together! he and Miss Ardleigh find that even the highest levels of society are no refuge from the lowest of deeds...
