The Gilded Shroud - Elizabeth Bailey
Category: Mystery
Tags: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Adults
Series: Lady Fan Mystery: Book 1 Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins Publisher:2019 Tantor, 1789, London:, Sharp-witted Ottilia Draycott, whos just taken a temporary position as companion to the dowager marchioness of Polbrook, finds herself in the midst of a baffling murder puzzle after the discovery of the strangled corpse of the dowagers daughter-in-law, Emily Fanshawe, sprawled on her four-poster bed., Even more alarmingly, Emilys heavy-drinking husband, Randal, has vanished, making him the obvious suspect. Despite the skepticism of her new employer and the dowagers attractive, and available, other son, Francis, Ottilia proves herself an adept investigator, whose nose for clues might enable resolution of the mystery before the law gets involved., She must weigh varying motives for the murder, including a theft turned violent and a crime of passion committed by the dead womans lover.., VERDICT A light upstairs-downstairs affair with clever dialog. Georgette Heyer is a strong influence on Bai
