A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman

Agent: Melissa Edwards, Stonesong Literary. Historical mystery fans will be delighted. Set in 1899 London, Freemans engrossing sequel to 2018s A Ladys Guide to Etiquette and Murder finds American-born Frances Wynn, Countess of Harleigh, settling happily into her independent life as a widow. Was she also a blackmailer who threatened to expose something worth killing for? Freeman takes a witty look at Victorian polite society. Life is coming up roses for Frances Wynn, the widow of the late Earl of Harleigh. When Frances teams with George and Charles to find the real culprit, they discover that Mary was the anonymous author of a newspaper gossip column. In Dianne Freemans lighthearted mystery A Fiancées Guide to First Wives and Murder set in Victorian England, the American-born Countess of Harleigh uncovers more deadly intrigue among the uppercrust.

Her disappointment turns to alarm when Mary is murdered and Charles becomes the prime suspect. Frances recently introduced Charles Evingdon, her genial cousin-by-marriage, to widow Mary Archer, thinking the two would make a good match, so she’s disappointed when she learns that Charles and Mary have called it quits. Two relatives and a close friend are visiting from New York, and, as an added bonus, Frances’s relationship with her charming neighbor, George Hazelton, is beginning to take a distinctively romantic turn. In Dianne Freemans charming Victorian-era mystery series, Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of. Set in 1899 London, Freeman’s engrossing sequel to 2018’s A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder finds American-born Frances Wynn, Countess of Harleigh, settling happily into her independent life as a widow.

A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman