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A perilous undertakingDeanna Raybourn

A perilous undertaking

2017368 pages
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"London, 1887. Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Accused of the brutal murder of his artist mistress Artemisia, Ramsforth will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if Veronica cannot find the real killer. But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of the…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Berkley · 368 pages · 9780451476166
  • Hardcover · English · 2017
    Thorndike Press Large Print · 541 pages · 9781410497727
  • Other · English · 2017
    Berkley · 338 pages · 9780451476159
  • Other · English · 2017
    Titan Books · 9781785650512
MurderInvestigationAristocracy (Social class)HistoryWomen private investigatorsFictionLondon (england), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, general