The Gilded Shroud - Elizabeth Bailey

Written by Elizabeth Bailey
Read by Esther Wane
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: Lady Fan Mystery: Book 1
Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
Publisher:2019 Tantor

1789, London:

Sharp-witted Ottilia Draycott, who’s just taken a temporary position as companion to the dowager marchioness of Polbrook, finds herself in the midst of a baffling murder puzzle after the discovery of the strangled corpse of the dowager’s daughter-in-law, Emily Fanshawe, sprawled on her four-poster bed.

Even more alarmingly, Emily’s heavy-drinking husband, Randal, has vanished, making him the obvious suspect. Despite the skepticism of her new employer and the dowager’s attractive, and available, other son, Francis, Ottilia proves herself an adept investigator, whose nose for clues might enable resolution of the mystery before the law gets involved.

She must weigh varying motives for the murder, including a theft turned violent and a crime of passion committed by the dead woman’s lover..

“VERDICT A light upstairs-downstairs affair with clever dialog. Georgette Heyer is a strong influence on Bailey, and Bailey does it well, deftly mixing her detecting with a gentle romance. Terrific crossover appeal for Georgian romance readers who crave a corpse with their love stories.”—Library Journal