THEFIRSTLADYDARBYMYSTERY“Arivetingdebut...anoriginalpremise,anenigmaticheroine,andacompellingHighlandsetting...abookyouwon’twanttoputdown.“--NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorDeannaRaybournScotland,1830.Followingthedeathofherhusband,LadyDarbyhastakenrefugeathersister’sestate,findingsolaceinherpassionforpainting.ButwhenherhoststhrowahousepartyforthecreamofLondonsociety,Kieraisunabletohidefromtheireofthosewhobelievehertobeasunnaturalasherhusband,ananatomistwhousedherartistictalentstosuithisownmacabrepurposes.Kierawantstoputherpastaside,butwhenoneofthehouseguestsismurdered,herbrother-in-lawaskshertoutilizeherknowledgeofhumananatomytoaidtheinsufferableSebastianGage--afellowguestwithsomeexperienceasaninquiryagent.WhileGageisclearlymorecompetentthanshefirstassumed,Kieraisn’tabouttoletherguarddownasaccusationsandrumorsswirl.WhenKieraandGage’ssearchleadsthemtoevenmoregruesomediscoveries,aseriesofdisturbingnotesurgesLadyDarbytogiveuptheinquiry.ButKieraisdeterminedtobothprotectherfamilyandproveherinnocence,evenassherisksbecomingthenextvictim...
