The Body in the Garden: A Lily Adler Mystery

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A SUSPENSE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF 2020 Perfect for fans of Tasha Alexander and Rhys Bowen Katharine Schellmans debut novel is sure to delight. London 1815. Though newly-widowed Lily Adler is returning to a society that frowns on independent women she is determined to create a meaningful life for herself even without a husband. Shes no stranger to the glittering world of Londons upper crust. At a ball thrown by her oldest friend Lady Walter she expects the scandal gossip and secrets. What she doesnt expect is the dead body in Lady Walters garden. Lily overheard the man just minutes before he was shot: young desperate and attempting blackmail. But shes willing to leave the matter to the local constables--until Lord Walter bribes the investigating magistrate to drop the case. Stunned and confused Lily realizes shes the only one with the key to catching the killer. Aided by a roguish navy captain and a mysterious heiress from the West Indies Lily sets out to discover whether her friends husband is mixed up in blackmail and murder. The unlikely team tries to conceal their investigation behind the whirl of Londons social season but the dead man knew secrets about people with power. Secrets that they would kill to keep hidden. Now Lily will have to uncover the truth before she becomes the murderers next target.