TY  - BOOK
AU  - Huber,Anna Lee
TI  - A stroke of malice
T2  - Lady Darby mysteries
SN  - 9780451491381
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berkley Prime Crime
KW  - Darby, Kiera
KW  - Aristocracy (Social class)
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Husband and wife
KW  - Women private investigators
KW  - England
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Scotland
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 19th century
KW  - History
KW  - William IV, 1830-1837
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
N2  - "Lady Kiera Darby and her husband Sebastian Gage are looking forward to celebrating with new friends at an exciting yearly soiree, but they soon learn that murder never takes a holiday... January 1832. After enjoying a delightful few weeks with her family, expectant mother Kiera and Sebastian Gage have been invited to the Duchess of Bowmontʼs Twelfth Night party in Traquair, Scotland. Though she normally avoids such fashionable, rambunctious events, Kiera is ready to join in the festive merrymaking. But upon their arrival at the opulent estate, it becomes obvious that all is not merry in their hostess's home. The family appears to be under a great strain, and someone seems determined to cause mayhem among the guests with a series of forged notes. Matters swiftly turn from irksome to downright deadly when the partygoers stumble upon a decomposing body in the castleʼs crypt. This corpse is identified as the duchessʼs son-in-law who had purportedly traveled to Paris more than a month earlier. It is evident the man met with foul play, and Kiera and Gage soon realize that a ruthless murderer walks among them--and may well be a member of the duchessʼs own family. And when the investigation takes a treacherous turn, Kiera discovers just how deep the killer is willing to dig to keep their secrets from ever seeing the light of day."--
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