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Title details for A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder by Dianne Freeman - Available

A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder

Countess of Harleigh Mysteries Series, Book 4

#4 in series

by Dianne Freeman
Sarah Zimmerman
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Agatha Award–winning author Dianne Freeman returns to Victorian England, as
the future Mrs. George Hazelton, American-born Countess of Harleigh,
encounters a young French woman with the shocking claim that she is the
rightful Mrs. Hazelton ...
For Frances Wynn, widow to the late Earl of Harleigh, life has a cosmopolitan
flavor of late. No sooner has she sent her mother and daughter off on a shopping
trip to Paris than she and her fiancé, George Hazelton, are socializing with visiting
members of the Russian royal family. Yet amid this whirlwind, scandal also comes
calling when Inspector Delaney turns up outside Frances's house with a young
French woman with a shocking claim: she is Mrs. George Hazelton.
As the future Mrs. George Hazelton, Frances assumes the woman is either lying or
demented. "Mrs. Hazelton," aka Irena, makes other outrageous statements.
Among them, she insists that she is the illegitimate daughter of Russian royalty,
that she has been abducted and held for ransom many times, and that someone is
sending her threatening letters. When George arrives, he clarifies that he is
certainly not married to Irena—though he can confirm her royal parentage. But
even as he agrees to investigate whether Irena's life is in danger, her claim proves
tragically true. Irena is found strangled in Frances' garden.
To uncover a killer—and clear their own names—Frances and George must
determine which of Irena's outlandish stories were based in fact, and who stood
to benefit from her death. And as the search reaches a shocking conclusion, they
may find that villainy lurks all too close to home ...

  • Creators

  • Series

    Countess of Harleigh Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 27, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781705025901
      • File size: 250364 KB
      • Duration: 08:41:35

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 14, 2021
      Agatha Award winner Freeman’s lively fourth Countess of Harleigh mystery (after 2020’s A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Murder) finds Frances Wynn, Countess of Harleigh, happy in November of 1899 as she contemplates her upcoming marriage to her next-door neighbor and occasional detecting partner, the Honorable George Hazelton. Her thoughts are disrupted by the arrival of a police inspector and Irena Teskey, an attractive young French woman who announces that she is Mrs. George Hazelton. The impetuous fantasist also claims to be the owner of a London theater, the victim of serial abductions, the recipient of menacing letters, and the daughter of a Russian grand duke. Her accusations against George could lead to his and Frances’s ostracism from polite society and put a damper on their nuptials, and the situation becomes even more dire when Irena is murdered in Frances’s back garden. Frances and George investigate with aplomb. Freeman delivers it all: clever plotting, charming characters, plausible suspects, and red herrings galore. This historical is pure unadulterated fun. Agent: Melissa Edwards, Stonesong Agency.

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