A perilous undertaking
Subtitle: a Veronica Speedwell mystery
By: Deanna Raybourn
Publisher: Titan Books
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781785650512; 9781785650505
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; Aristocracy (Social class); History; Women private investigators; Fiction
Description: Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an impossible task--saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution, who stands accused of the brutal murder of his mistress Artemisia. Together with her natural historian colleague Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer--a ruthless villain who not only took Artemisia's life in cold blood but is happy to see Ramsforth hang for the crime.