num_pages: 304
description: In this new installment in Tasha Alexander's bestselling Victorian series Lady Emily and her husband Colin uncover a mystery in the ancient city of Pompeii. Some corpses lie undisturbed longer than others. But when Lady Emily discovers a body hidden in plain sight amongst the ruins of Pompeii it still comes as quite a shock.Eager to explore ancient sites and modern archaeological digs Lady Emily jumps at the chance to accompany her dearest childhood friend Ivy Brandon on an excursion to Italy. Soon old friends are joined by new including the American siblings Benjamin and Calliope Carter (he a moody painter and she a freethinking archaeologist capable of sparring with even the Duke of Bainbridge's most devious flirtations). But when the two women along with Emily's devoted husband Colin Hargreaves uncover a corpse and the police dismiss the murder as the work of local gangsters Lady Emily leaves behind museum tours and villas to investigate.But an artful murderer is nothing compared to the sudden appearance of a beautiful young woman who claims a shocking relationship to the Hargreaves family. As Colin warms to the girl Emily must endure an endless stream of slights and snubs. Someone else has it out for Emily too someone who keeps sending her threats. Undaunted Lady Emily's desire to unearth the truth takes her from Pompeii to Naples to ancient times and back again. But how far below the surface can she dig before she risks burying herself along with the truth?
language: English
title: In the Shadow of Vesuvius
publisher: Minotaur Books