Lady Emily Mysteries #12
Minotaur Books
October 2017
On Sale: October 10, 2017
Featuring: Lady Emily
304 pages ISBN: 1250058287 EAN: 9781250058287 Kindle: B06XWF7C35 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
After the final curtain of Swan Lake, an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement from the nightโs performance. But outside the scene is somber. A ballerinaโs body lies face down in the snow, blood splattered like rose petals over the costume of the Swan Queen. The crowd is silenced by a single cryโ โNemetseva is dead!โ
Amongst the theatergoers is Lady Emily, accompanying her dashing husband Colin in Russia on assignment from the Crown. But it soon becomes clear that Colin isnโt the only one with work to do. When the dead ballerinaโs aristocratic lover comes begging for justice, Emily must apply her own set of skills to discover the rising starโs murderer. Her investigation takes her on a dance across the stage of Tsarist Russia, from the opulence of the Winter Palace, to the modest flats of ex-ballerinas and the locked attics of political radicals. A mysterious dancer in white follows closely behind, making waves through St. Petersburg with her surprise performances and trail of red scarves. Is it the sweet Katenka, Nemetsevaโs childhood friend and favorite rival? The ghost of the murdered รฉtoile herself? Or, something even more sinister?
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