London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau Stoker are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After years of traveling the world, her eldest brother, Jonathan, heir to Hathaway Hall, was
An Impossible Impostor
β Scribed by Deanna Raybourn
- Book ID
- 112878812
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 895 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780593197295
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell gets the surprise of her life in this newΒ adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Awardβnominated author Deanna Raybourn.
London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau Stoker are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After years of traveling the world, her eldest brother, Jonathan, heir to Hathaway Hall, was believed to have been killed in the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa a few years before.
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But now a man matching Jonathanβs description and carrying his possessions has arrived at Hathaway Hall with no memory of his identity or where he has been. Could this man truly be Jonathan, back from the dead? Or is he a devious impostor, determined to gain ownership over the family's most valuable...
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