In Dianne Freeman \'s lighthearted mystery series set in Victorian England, the American-born Countess of Harleigh uncovers more deadly intrigue among the uppercrust...
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Born and raised in Michigan, she and her husband now split their time between Michigan and Arizona.
She spent thirty years working in corporate accounting and finance and now writes full-time.
A nominee for the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark Award from Mystery Writers of America, she is also a Macavity Award finalist.
About author(s): Dianne Freeman is the acclaimed author of the Agatha and Lefty Award-winning Countess of Harleigh Mystery series.
And as the search reaches a shocking conclusion, they may find that villainy lurks all too close to home...
To uncover a killer--and clear their own names--Frances and George must determine which of Irena\'s outlandish stories were based in fact, and who stood to benefit from her death.
Irena is found strangled in Frances\' garden.
But even as he agrees to investigate whether Irena\'s life is in danger, her claim proves tragically true.
When George arrives, he clarifies that he is certainly not married to Irena--though he can confirm her royal parentage.
Among them, she insists that she is the illegitimate daughter of Russian royalty, that she has been abducted and held for ransom many times, and that someone is sending her threatening letters.
Hazelton, aka Irena, makes other outrageous statements.
Mrs.
George Hazelton, Frances assumes the woman is either lying or demented.
As the future Mrs.
George Hazelton.
Yet amid this whirlwind, scandal also comes calling when Inspector Delaney turns up outside Frances\'s house with a young French woman with a shocking claim: she is Mrs.
No sooner has she sent her mother and daughter off on a shopping trip to Paris than she and her fiancé, George Hazleton, are socializing with visiting members of the Russian royal family.
For Frances Wynn, widow to the late Earl of Harleigh, life has a cosmopolitan flavor of late.
In Dianne Freeman \'s lighthearted mystery series set in Victorian England, the American-born Countess of Harleigh uncovers more deadly intrigue among the uppercrust..
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