Set against the backdrop of WW1, Mayfair 100 is the telephone number for a small, specially-formed crime fighting team based in a house in Mayfair.โฉโฉA call comes through to Mayfair 100, where the intrepid team of investigators eagerly await their next case.โฉโฉA society gossip queen has been found han
Mayfair 100 mystery. 02: A death in Chelsea
โ Scribed by Lynn Brittney
- Publisher
- Crooked Lane Books
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Edition
- First North American edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- England;London
- ISBN
- 1643853147
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โฆ Synopsis
The intrepid women of Mayfair 100 are up against a deadly and elusive enemy --and the darkest secrets of Britain's upper crust--in the second nail-biting installment of Lynn Brittney's Mayfair 100 mysteries.
In the dark days of World War I, an aristocrat's suspicious suicide propels a one-of-a-kind crime-fighting team into a sordid world of blackmail, betrayal, and tragic secrets.
When the phone rings at the Mayfair 100 exchange, the news is rarely good, and this time is no exception. The Duchess of Penhere's daughter, notorious society gossip queen Lady Adeline Treborne, has been found dead in her room in what appears to be a suicide--but her family suspects foul play.
The secret Mayfair team of amateur female detectives has been restlessly awaiting their next case, and this will prove one of their thorniest. When Dr. Caroline Allardyce performs an autopsy, she is able to conclusively prove that the woman was murdered. Lady Treborne had made...
โฆ Subjects
British Literature
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