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As Christmas 1804 approaches, Jane Austen—bored with Bath—accepts a commission from the Gentleman Rogue, Lord Harold Trowbridge, to escort his niece, Lady Desdemona, who has fled there to escape the unsavoury Earl of Swithin. Her idle diversion turns deadly when a man is found stabbed to death in the Theatre Royal, and an unusual pendant bearing a portrait of an eye is discovered on the victim. Jane’s curiosity about the scandal deepens into an investigation, and she realizes that uncovering the truth will require some dangerous play‑acting of her own.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Stephanie Barron
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