num_pages: 163
description: After solving the murder of Captain Rummings Miss Victoria Parker is ready to resume her daily life in London. That sentiment is short-lived however when her friend Laura Grant is tasked to create a chapeau for the darling of the gossip columns. Miss Louisa Brooks is beautiful rich and engaged to a baron and her patronage could make Lauras shop the talk of the tonAnd talk they do  when the bride-to-be collapses dead in the millinery.When the constable places Laura at the top of his list of suspects and with the real murderer on the loose Victoria sets out to save her friends life and reputation. The task proves daunting for the list of people who find the barons fiance disagreeable is long and rumors of her tumultuous past cast a shadow over the inquest.As James has been tasked by his brother to escort a young debutante around London Vicky fears for the smile he now wears leaving her to face her challenge alone. But as the clock draws closer to midnight Vicky must not only save Laura but also the new relationship with James  lest she risk both of those for whom she cares fleeing London never to return.A cozy romantic Regency murder mystery that will keep you guessing til the end.
language: English
title: Brides, Blackmail, and Murder
publisher: None