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John Pickett mysteries #4
Five Star
September 2015
On Sale: September 16, 2015
230 pages
ISBN: 1432830961
EAN: 9781432830960
Kindle: B015ESSHZC
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When Julia, Lady Fieldhurst, returns from her sojourn in Scotland restless and out of sorts, her friend Emily, Lady Dunnington, decides what Julia needs is a lover. Lady Dunnington plans a dinner party with carefully selected male guests from whom Julia may choose a paramour. Emily also invites a potential lover for herself: Sir Reginald Montague, a man whose urbane manner and dangerous good looks hide a host of unsavory secrets. Alas, Emilyβs little dinner is a disaster from the outset. Every gentleman at the table bears some unspoken grudge against Sir Reginald, and then dinner is interrupted by Emilyβs estranged husband. He and Emily have a heated discussion that ends with Lord Dunningtonβs vowing to put a stop to his wifeβs pursuit of Sir Reginald βno matter what it takes.β But the coup de grΓ’ce comes at the end of the evening, when Sir Reginald is shot dead. Bow Street Runner John Pickett is summoned to Emilyβs house, where he is taken aback to find Julia. For in addition to investigating the case, he is faced with the awkward task of informing her that their masquerade as a married couple in Scotland has resulted in their being legally wed. Beset by distractionsβnot least the humiliating annulment process and the flattering attentions of Lady Dunningtonβs pretty young housemaidβ Pickett must find the killer of a man whom everyone has reason to want dead.
John Pickett IN MILADY'S CHAMBER
#1.0
β’ December 2011
 A DEAD BORE
#2.0
β’ July 2012
 FAMILY PLOT
#3.0
β’ December 2014
 DINNER MOST DEADLY
#4.0
β’ September 2015
 TOO HOT TO HANDLE
#5.0
β’ July 2016
 FOR DEADER OR WORSE
#6.0
β’ March 2017
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