num_pages: 316
description: A Library Journal  Best Book of the Year  The first delicious tale of scandal and villainy in a romantic Regency-era mystery series starring two crime-solving aristocrats (Rhys Bowen New York Times bestselling author) In 1814 Atlas Catesby a brilliant adventurer and youngest son of a baron is anxious to resume his world travels after being injured in a carriage accident in London. But his plans are derailed when passing through a country village he discovers a helpless woman being auctioned off to the highest bidderby her husband.In order to save her from being violated by another potential buyer Atlas purchases the lady Lilliana on the spot to set her free. But Lilliana desperate to be with her young sons and knowing the laws of England give a father all parental rights refuses to be rescueduntil weeks later when her husband is murdered and Atlas is the only one who can help clear her name of the crime.Fortunately Atlas is a master at solving complicated puzzleswith games as well as the intricacies of human motivationand finds himself uniquely suited to the task despite the personal peril it may put him in. But soon Altas learns the dead man had many secretsand more than a few enemies willing to kill to keep them quietin Murder in Mayfair  the first in a new historical mystery series by D. M. Quincy.
language: English
title: Murder in Mayfair
publisher: Crooked Lane Books