Penny for Your Secrets (eBook)

Anna Lee Huber (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
336 Seiten
Kensington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4967-1320-9 (ISBN)

Infos

England, 1919.In Anna Lee Huber's latest mystery, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent is finding that life after wartime offers its own share of danger . . . The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada's marital difficulties. Bourgeois-bred Ada, recently married to the Marquess of Rockham, is overwhelmed trying to navigate the ways of the aristocracy. And when Lord Rockham is discovered shot through the heart with a bullet from Ada's revolver, Verity fears her friend has made a fatal blunder. While striving to prove Ada's innocence, Verity is called upon for another favor. The sister of a former Secret Service colleague has been killed in what authorities believe was a home invasion gone wrong. The victim's war workcensoring letters sent by soldiers from the frontexposed her to sensitive, disturbing material. Verity begins to suspect these two unlikely cases may be linked. But as the connections deepen, the consequencesnot just for Verity, but for Britaingrow more menacing than she could have imagined.Praise for Anna Lee Huber'sTreacherous Is the Night';A thrilling mystery that supplies its gutsy heroine with plenty of angst-ridden romance.'Kirkus Reviews';A splendid sequel. . . . Huber combines intricate puzzles with affecting human drama.'Publishers Weekly';Masterful. . . . Just when you think the plot will zig, it zags. . . . Deeply enjoyable.'Criminal Element

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2019
• Reihe/Serie: A Verity Kent Mystery
• Reihe/Serie: A Verity Kent Mystery
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: anna lee huber • Cozy • Cozy Mysteries • cozy mysteries women sleuths series • Cozy Mystery • cozy mystery books • crime books • Detective Novels • female spies • female spy • Fiction • fiction books • Great War • historical mysteries • historical mystery • Lady Darby • murder mystery books • Mysteries • mysteries and thrillers • Mystery • mystery and suspense • mystery and thrillers • mystery books • mystery novels • mystery thriller suspense • Novels • Police • Secret Service • This Side of Murder • Treacherous is the Night • Verity Kent • women sleuths
• ISBN-10: 1-4967-1320-6 / 1496713206
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-1320-9 / 9781496713209