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"Second mystery in this intriguing series set in Victorian England."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted April 14, 2004

Recently retired Cavalry officer Captain Gabriel Lacey stumbles upon a lady of quality struggling with an assailant in a questionable neighborhood. After rescuing her, Gabriel listens as a distraught and frightened Lydia Westin imparts an improbable tale of conspiracy and murder. Lydia's husband, Colonel Westin of the 43rd Light Dragoons, Read more...

"Powerful Regency mystery"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted April 24, 2004

In 1816 Regency England, Captain Gabriel Lacey is just starting to recover from the depression he suffered after seeing atrocities committed during the Iberian Peninsula campaign. One night while strolling in London he sees a woman on a bridge seemingly poised to leap to avoid a man with a Read more...

Summary

Captain Lacey returns in a fishy mystery of Regency England. After saving a lady of quality from a mysterious assailant near the docks, Captain Lacey helps in her search for justice. Her late husband was accused of a crime he didn't commit--and then murdered. Trying to clear his name, Lacey gets drawn into the intrigues of an underworld villain.