Three captivating mysteries. One unconventional countess. A partnership forged in scandal and sharpened by danger.
Newly widowed at twenty-two, Tabitha, Lady Pembroke, is determined never again to be anyone's pawn. Her late husband's cousin and heir, Jeremy "Wolf" Chesterton, is a former thief-taker whose rough edges and razor intellect make him both an unlikely earl and an even less likely ally. Yet when murder intrudes upon London's drawing rooms and country estates, it is Tabitha's keen mind and Wolf's streetwise instincts that form an irresistible, if occasionally frustrating, team.
In this richly atmospheric collection set at the dawn of the modern age, the pair navigate secrets, scandals, and social conventions from the gaslit alleys of London to the Highlands of Scotland. Along the way, they discover that the greatest mystery may be the one that lies between them.
