Skilled cook for a noble family in London, Kat Holloway never seems to be far from scandal. When her employer, Lady Cynthia, asks Kat to help her dear friend from a devious plot involving stolen antiques, Kat is hesitant but knows Cynthia would only come to her if she were truly desperate. But without any leads to prove her friend's innocence, Kat and Cynthia are unsure of how to proceed without implicating themselves and their household in yet another scandal.
Kat turns to the dashing Daniel McAdam, who is always one step ahead of the police. Already working in a pawn shop where some of the missing antiques have turned up, Daniel is forced into hiding when a murdered body is discovered there, and he's a suspect. Kat, Cynthia, and the rest of London society are worried more priceless artifacts will be stolen... and more people will wind up dead.
A mystery of stolen antiquities has Kat Holloway setting
aside her apron once again for the intrigues of the upper
echelons of Victorian LondonPriceless artwork
has gone missing from the home of a wealthy baronet, and his
wife stands to take the blame. When Kat's employer asks for
help in clearing her friend's name, Kat trades her kitchen
for the homes of Mayfair's wealthiest families. Soon
antiques are disappearing not only from the extravagant
households of connoisseurs and collectors, but from the
illustrious British Museum.As the thefts increase in
frequency, Kat calls upon her friend Daniel McAdam, who has
already set himself up in a pawnshop on the Strand as a
seedy receiver of stolen goods. When a man is murdered in
the shop, Kat must use all of her wits to see that the
thieves are caught and justice is done.
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