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001 1368897496
003 OCoLC
005 20230406154939.0
008 230113t20232023nyu d 000 1 eng d
020 _a9780063242036
_q(paperback ;
_qlarge print)
020 _a0063242036
_q(paperback ;
_qlarge print)
035 _a(OCoLC)1368897496
040 _aLMJ
_beng
_erda
_cLMJ
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_dCHY
_dQQ3
043 _ae-uk-en
082 0 4 _a823/.92
_223
092 _aFiction
_bFerguson
099 9 _fFiction Large Print
_aFerguson
100 1 _aFerguson, Sarah,
_cDuchess of York,
_d1959-
_eauthor.
_96462331
245 1 2 _aA Most Intriguing Lady :
_ba novel /
_cSarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, with Marguerite Kaye.
250 _aFirst Harper Large Print edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bHarper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
_c[2023]
264 4 _c©2023.
300 _aix, 499 pages (large print) ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
337 _aunmediated
338 _avolume
520 _aVictorian London was notorious for its pickpockets. But in the country houses of the elite, gentleman burglars, art thieves and con men preyed on the rich and titled. Wealthy victims--with their pride and reputation at stake--would never go to the police. What they needed was a society insider, one of their own, a person of discretion and finely tuned powers of observation, adept at navigating intrigue. That person was Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, the youngest child of Queen Victoria's close friends the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Bookish, fiercely intelligent, and a keen observer, Mary has deliberately cultivated a mousey persona that allows her to remain overlooked and significantly underestimated by all. It's the perfect cover for a sleuth, a role she stumbles into when trying to assist a close friend during a house party hosted by her parents at their stately Scottish home, Drumlanrig Castle. It is at this party where Lady Mary also meets Colonel Walter Trefusis, a distinguished and extremely handsome war veteran. Tortured by memories of combat, Walter, like Mary, lives a double life, with a desk job in Whitehall providing a front for his role in the British Intelligence Service. The two form an unlikely alliance to solve a series of audacious crimes--and indulge in a highly charged on-off romance.
650 0 _aAristocracy (Social class)
_vFiction.
_95678706
650 0 _aVeterans
_vFiction.
_95677277
650 0 _aMan-woman relationships
_vFiction.
_95674079
650 0 _aTheft
_vFiction.
_95707898
651 0 _aLondon (England)
_vFiction.
_95673622
651 0 _aEngland
_xSocial life and customs
_y19th century
_vFiction.
_95675976
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xHistory
_yVictoria, 1837-1901
_vFiction.
_95676073
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
_2lcgft.
655 7 _aRomance fiction.
_2lcgft.
655 7 _aNovels.
_2lcgft.
655 7 _aDetective and mystery fiction.
_2lcgft.
_95683641
655 7 _aLarge print books.
_2lcgft.
_95777956
700 1 _aKaye, Marguerite,
_eauthor.
_95961414
907 _a.b464272233
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
999 _c382741
_d382741