"Final installment in the Lavinia Lake/Tobias March mystery series is the best!"

The unstoppable team of Lavinia Lake and Tobias March join forces for the third time in the Case of the Memento-Mori Man.

While attending a country house party, Lavinia and Tobias involve themselves in the murder of Lord Fullerton, a respected member of the ton. An old memento-mori ring left at the scene of the crime convinces Tobias that this is no ordinary murderer, but the return of a foe from his past.

Tobias' new client, Aspasia Gray, also has a claim on his past. Afraid for her life, Aspasia begs Tobias and Lavinia to flush out the killer who hunts for prey among the ton's elite, for she fears she'll be his next victim. The duo of Lavinia and Tobias, along with their young associates, take up the chase in the capital, in high society and the stews, the parks, the docks, even the cemeteries. When they finally run the killer to ground, the tables turn to reveal that not all is as it seems.

Just in time for the warm weather, Amanda Quick's newest novel is an event! Put aside your gardening gloves, pull up a lawn chair and indulge yourself with the adventures of Lake, March and the quirky assortment of characters who inhabit Quick's London.

Reviewed by Sue Burke
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted April 9, 2003

The third book in Amanda Quick's Regency romantic-suspense series featuring Lavinia Lake and Tobias March...

Summary

An invitation to a country house party at Beaumont Castle provides a perfect solution to Tobias and Lavinia's most exasperating challenge: how to escape the chaos of London for a remote, relaxing--and above all romantic--retreat from prying eyes and wagging tongues. But the lovers' plans are foiled when their first cozy interlude of the weekend is disrupted by the appearance of a stunning woman from Tobias's past. Aspasia Gray's beauty is as haunting as her connection to Tobias. Her long-deceased fiancé was a friend of his--in addition to being an eccentric assassin. The mysterious nature of the bond between Tobias and Aspasia makes Lavinia more than a little uncomfortable. Especially as her first encounter with Aspasia occurs when she finds her in Tobias's bedchamber...

It seems Aspasia is seeking protection--and solace--after receiving an ominous message that eerily recalls the past. Suddenly the obstacles standing betweenTobias and Lavinia appear greater than just a little London gossip--and far more deadly.When events at the castle suggest someone is imitating the dead killer's methods, the team of Lake and March fervently pursue the investigation--and each other-- as their leads take them from Society's most elegant haunts- -and most discreet hideaways--to London's shadiest backstreets. As their relationship heats up, so does the intrigue. Soon Lavinia will have to employ all her talents to flummox the scoundrel who so rudely interrupted her rendezvous. And then she and Tobias can get back to more pleasurable affairs.