Part of Wrexford & Sloane
First published 2024
Wrexford and Charlotte host a country wedding for their friends Christopher Sheffield and Lady Cordelia Mansfield. The celebration stops when local authorities arrive with grim news. A dead man lies at the bridge over King's Crossing, carrying only a wedding invitation as identification. Lady Cordelia recognizes the victim as Jasper Milton, her childhood friend and a gifted engineer. Milton possessed the invitation meant for her cousin Oliver, who never appeared at the ceremony. Both men belonged to the Revolutions-Per-Minute Society, a scientific group focused on improving transportation speed and costs across Britain. Milton had reportedly created an innovative bridge design that could attract dangerous attention. Lady Cordelia decides to investigate Milton's death and her cousin's disappearance. Wrexford and Charlotte join her search, along with the Weasels and their circle of allies. The case pulls them into a web of greed, ambition, and deadly secrets that threatens their family's safety.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, crime, detective, mystery-thriller, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, clever, engaging, intricate, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-detective, found-family, mystery-investigation, secrets-and-deception
Setting: King's Crossing, Britain
Period: 19th-century
368 pages · Paperback · Kensington
Content warnings: death, murder