Scandal and slayings among Regency London’s elite.

The shocking murder of Sir Henry Claybourne leaves Regency London shaken and horror-struck. But for genteel spinster Miss Emmeline St. Germaine, the criminal offense slices much too close to house. Just hours before the knight’s death she kept a dagger to him, intimidating him to stay silent as she rescued a scullery maid he had procured for his pleasure.

Did the man-or woman-who murdered the knight know of her visit? Her secret identity at risk, her reputation and life in danger, Emmeline must solve the criminal offense or face scandalous publicity and ruination, or worse-the hangman’s noose-for a crime she did not commit.