So they get to work - uncovering some juicy pockets of mid-Victorian decadence along the way. She is adamant that he is innocent, but won't reveal why. That she was his mistress and was several months pregnant and that he clearly adored her but has decided to die rather than betray has caused Princess Louise (one of Victoria's daughters) to seek someone to try to find out what really happened, who he is covering up for. He has been condemned to be hung in a week. Veronica and Stoker are summoned to Special Branch and given what would seem an impossible task - to find the real murderer of a young artist, Artemisia, violently killed in the bedroom of her host at a weekend country house party. From a Bohemian artists' colony to a royal palace to a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves to be a very perilous undertaking indeed. Together with her natural historian colleague Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer-a ruthless villain who not only took Artemisia's life in cold blood but is happy to see Ramsforth hang for the crime. But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of the many secrets Veronica must uncover. Accused of the brutal murder of his artist mistress Artemisia, Ramsforth will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if Veronica cannot find the real killer. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task-saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution.
Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. Veronica Speedwell returns in a brand new adventure from Deanna Raybourn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries.
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