Garden Of Lies

The New York Times bestselling author of The Other Lady Vanishes presents a gripping novel of intrigue, murder, and unexpected romance set against the backdrop of Victorian London. The Kern Secretarial Agency provides reliable professional services to its wealthy clientele, and Anne Clifton was one of the finest young women in Ursula KernÆs employ. But Miss Clifton has met an untimely endùand Ursula is convinced it was not due to natural causes. Bent on justice, Ursula hatches a plan: take AnneÆs place as stenographer to the reclusive poet Valerie, Lady Fulbrook. There are dark rumors about Lord Fulbrook, and his gloomy mansion in Mapstone Square seems the logical starting point for an undercover investigation. Archaeologist and adventurer Slater Roxton thinks Mrs. Kern is off her head to meddle in such dangerous business. But if this mysterious widowed beauty insists on stirring the pot, Slater intends to remain close by as they venture into the darker side of polite society and a den of iniquity called the Olympus Club. Together they must reveal the identity of a killerùand to achieve their goal they may need to reveal their deepest secrets to each other as well...

• | Author: Amanda Quick
• | Publisher: Berkley
• | Publication Date: Mar 29, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 051515606X
• | ISBN-13: 9780515156065