num_pages: 226
description: An innocent English governess goes on the lam with a detective hot on her heels in this thrilling mystery by the author of the Miss Silver novels. In six months Marion Mally Lee will wed the dashing Roger Mooring and become mistress of Curston his family estate. Determined to enjoy her freedom before she becomes a married woman Mally impulsively accepts a position as governess to the young daughter of a shipping magnate. But when she arrives at the Peterson townhouse in London Mally has the strangest urge to flee. Sir George Peterson whose wife left him for an itinerant artist is an enigma. His sister Lena Craddock is nice enough but Mallys young charge Barbara hates Lenas nephew Paul with a passion. When Mally is suddenly branded a thief and spy after valuable papers and a priceless diamond pendant disappear she does the only thing she can: run away. With her fianc believing the worst of her and private investigators hot on her trail Mally goes on the lam feeling like a fugitive from justice. But shes stumbled upon a dangerous criminal conspiracy led by men desperate to get back the missing documents before a critical encrypted message is decoded.
language: English
title: Hue and Cry
publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller