When death comes crashing through the window, love flies out the door . . .

Anglemore Park is the ancestral home of Lady Emily Hargreave's family. But the stately calm of country life is destroyed when their neighbour, the Marquess of Montagu, bursts through the French doors and falls down dead in front of a shocked gathering. But who has a motive for murdering the young aristocrat?

Is it the lovely cousin who was threatened by his engagement, the Oxford friend he accused of cheating, the scheming vicar's daughter he shamelessly seduced or the relative no one even knew existed who appears to claim the Montagu title? And who was the mysterious young woman seen walking with him moments before he was brutally attacked?

The trail of murder takes Lady Emily below stairs to the servants who know all secrets. And one family's hidden past and forbidden passion are the clues to the puzzle which only Lady Emily can solve.

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'Tasha Alexander is one to watch - and read . . . despite her cliffhanger climaxes and witty repartee, there's a depth of sensitivity that sets her apart.' The Huffington Post

'Tasha Alexander has created Victorian London's most colourful sleuth.' Jacqueline Winspear

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