Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen
By: Emily Brightwell
Edition: Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Series: Mrs. Jeffries mystery; A Victorian mystery; Victorian mysteries
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780425268094
Subjects: Mrs. Jeffries (Fictitious character); Police; Fiction; Stockbrokers; Gerald Witherspoon (Fictitious character); Crimes against; Women household employees
Description: Orlando Edison is a stockbroker using London's infatuation with foreign mining ventures to make a fortune. He has curried favor with the nation's most respected aristocrats, even inviting three of the most influential investors in England--known as the Merry Gentlemen--to be part of his latest enterprise. Despite his mysterious past, Edison is now welcomed in the highest circles and moves with ease among the rich and powerful. Yet a few days before Christmas, he is found sprawled across his doorstep, murdered. Charismatic and charming, Edison was kind to his servants and generous with his friends. Why would someone want him dead? Inspector Witherspoon and his household are all looking forward to the festive season.
Notes: "A Berkley Prime Crime mystery"--Spine.

Originally published in hardcover in 2013.