num_pages: 368
description: Set in Downton Abbey-era post-World War I England this action-packed series from the USA Today bestselling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries is a treat for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Susan Ella MacNeal.March 1920: Life has turned unsettlingly quiet for former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her husband Sidney. But even that false calm is about to end. As threats remain the French authorities soon request Sidneys help with a suspect who claims to have proof of treasonshortly before she is assassinated. And Verity too is called to investigate a mystery... The murder of a Belgian lawyer aboard a train seems at first to be a simple case of revenge. But the victim was connected to British Intelligence and possessed papers detailing the sinking of a gold-laden German ship during the war. As Verity and Sidney dig deeper they discover their cases are intertwinedand a lethal adversary persists. Officially the Great War may be over but this is a battle of nerves and wits they cannot afford to lose
language: English
title: A Certain Darkness
publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation