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New York : Random House, [2023]

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338 pages ; 22 cm

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Includes a reader's guide (pages 321-338) with discussion questions, recipes, and more.

"Feisty, passionate Beatrice Steele has never fit the definition of a true lady, according to the strict code of conduct that reigns in Swampshire, her small English township--she is terrible at needlework, has absolutely no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people. Nevertheless, she lives a perfectly agreeable life with her marriage-scheming mother, prankster father, and two younger sisters -- beautiful Louisa and forgettable Mary. But she harbors a dark secret: She is obsessed with the true crime cases she reads about in the newspaper... For her family's sake, she's vowed to put her obsession behind her. Because eligible bachelor Edmund Croaksworth is set to attend the approaching autumnal ball, and the Steele family hopes that Louisa will steal his heart. If not, Martin Grub, their disgusting cousin, will inherit the family's estate, and they will be ruined or, even worse, forced to move to France. So Beatrice must be on her best behavior... which is made difficult when a disgraced yet alluring detective inexplicably shows up to the ball. Beatrice is just holding things together when Croaksworth drops dead in the middle of a minuet. As a storm rages outside, the evening descends into a frenzy of panic, fear, and betrayal as it becomes clear they are trapped with a killer. Contending with competitive card games, tricky tonics, and Swampshire's infamous squelch holes, Beatrice must rise above decorum and decency to pursue justice and her own desires -- before anyone else is murdered" -- Dust jacket flap.

Temat

Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction.

Women private investigators -- Fiction.

Sex role -- Fiction.

Balls (Parties) -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Great Britain -- History -- Regency, 1811-1820 -- Fiction.

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy.

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical.

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths.

England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.

Women private investigators

Sex role

Murder -- Investigation

Balls (Parties)

Aristocracy (Social class)

Great Britain

Gatunek

History

Historical fiction

Fiction

Cozy mysteries

Detective and mystery stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Novels.

Cozy mysteries.

Mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Novels.

Powiązania

Online version: Seales, Julia. Most agreeable murder New York : Random House, 2023 9780593449998 (DLC) 2022037649

ISBN

9780593449981 hardcover

0593449983 hardcover