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Low Dealings in High Society...Estranged from her aristocratic husband through her failure to produce an heir, Lady Fieldhurst resolves to repay his neglect by taking a lover. Fate takes a hand when she and her paramour enter her bedroom and find Lord Fieldhurst lying on the floor-with her nail scissors protruding through his neck.Idealistic young Bow Street Runner John Pickett has spent most of his brief career chasing petty pickpockets. Nothing...
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Bringing her family to London in the hopes of finding her younger sister a suitable husband, Frederica is saddened when her prime prospect, the Marquis of Alverstroke, seems totally uninterested, but when her younger brother ends up in a terrible accident, the dutiful Marquis becomes as chivalrous as ever to the those in his charge.
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Bow Street Runner John Pickett is in Scotland investigating a woman found unconscious on the beach who bears a striking resemblance to the local laird's daughter, missing these last fifteen years. He's surprised to learn she was found by Lady Fieldhurst, and gratified to find her ladyship registered at the inn as Mrs. Julia Pickett. Then Angus Kirkbride dies hours after announcing he's changing his will, and "Mr. and Mrs. Pickett" join forces to discover...
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When a rash of jewel thefts strikes London, magistrate Patrick Colquhoun resolves to deploy his Bow Street Runners to put a stop to the thefts. The Russian Princess Olga Fyodorovna is to attend a production of Handel's "Esther" at Drury Lane Theatre, where she will wear a magnificent diamond necklace. The entire Bow Street force will be stationed at various locations around the theatre -- including John Pickett, who will occupy a box directly across...
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"London, 1815 Olivia Wilde has resigned herself to never finding a love match. Her father has insisted she marry a man with a title, if only to increase his own standing and reputation in society. But the men her father deems acceptable are, at best, boring and uninspiring, and at worse, are as brutish as her father, and are only looking to increase their own diminishing coffers. With her future looking dismal, Olivia decides to enjoy the last few...
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