Debt of Dishonour
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Even a highwayman has friends – sometimes in unexpected places. In the 3rd Crimson Cavalier adventure, set in 18th century London, Miss Georgiana Grey becomes involved in the death of charming, popular Boyce Polp when he is murdered on his way to a party she is attending, apparently by one of the highwaymen who make travelling even a few miles such a perilous business. But Georgiana, herself no stranger to peril, has her own reasons for doubting the version of the tragedy which is soon the talk of the town. She uncovers a darker side to Polp, and though her probing makes her unpopular, Georgiana is determined that justice will prevail.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Clarke's strong third mystery set in 18th-century England featuring Georgiana Grey (after 2009's Love Not Poison), a highwayman Georgiana recognizes (she herself is secretly a thief known as the Crimson Cavalier), holds up the carriage carrying her and two other ladies. The three arrive late at a dinner party, where one of the guests, Boyce Polp, staggers in, his waistcoat covered in blood. Shortly before expiring, Polp declares that he was robbed then stabbed by a highwayman. Georgiana, who's skeptical that a fellow thief would resort to such violence with no cause, embarks on a search for Polp's killer that requires her once again to take to the roads in disguise and risk her freedom. The murderer's identity isn't obvious, and Clarke makes the notion of a latter-day female Robin Hood plausible.
