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INDIA BLACK AND THE GENTLEMAN THIEF By: Carol K. Carr
A Madam of Espionage Mystery
Berkley
February 2014
On Sale: February 4, 2014
Featuring: India Black; Colonel Francis Mayhew
320 pages ISBN: 0425262480 EAN: 9780425262481 Kindle: B00DMCV1PQ Paperback / e-Book
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India Blackβs double life operating a high-class brothel and running high-stakes espionage for Her Majestyβs government can take its toll. But thereβs no rest for the wearyβ particularly when an international conspiracy comes knockingβ¦ India Black is one of Victorian Londonβs most respected madamsβnot a bloody postmistress. So when Colonel Francis Mayhew forwards a seemingly innocuous shipping bill to her address, sheβs puzzled. And when three thugs bust down her door, steal the envelope, and rough up both her and fellow agent Frenchβ¦well, thatβs enough to make India Black see red. The veteran spies soon discover that Mayhew has been butchered in his own bedroom. An impromptu investigation leads them to Londonβs docks, where India makes a startling discovery she canβt bear to tell the rakish Frenchβshe has a history with their chief suspect, the gentleman thief who once stole her heartβ¦
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