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A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder
Mystery and suspense
A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder
Book 2 of the Countess of Harleigh Mystery series
306 pages · First published 2019
During the quiet London months of the grouse-shooting season, Frances Wynn is shocked when her friend Mary Archer is murdered. Mary has left behind a collection of notes detailing the private indiscretions of society’s elite, giving Frances far too many possible motives to sort through. George Hazelton joins her investigation as additional deaths suggest the killer is willing to keep silencing anyone connected to the secrets. The second Countess of Harleigh mystery turns gossip into dangerous evidence while continuing Frances and George’s witty, slow-building partnership.
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Murder and death · Mild frightening/intense material
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