A Body in Berkeley Square (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries #5)

by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley

Overview

London, 1817

A Bow Street Runner summons Captain Gabriel Lacey to a Berkeley Square ballroom where a young dandy was stabbed to death during a society ball. The prime suspect: Lacey's former commander, Colonel Brandon.

Instead of denying the charges, Colonel Brandon allows himself to be arrested, and claims, to Lacey's shock, that the lady he'd stayed protectively near at the ball is his mistress. Lacey realizes that he is the only person not convinced of Brandon's guilt--all present, including Brandon's wife, believe that Brandon committed the murder.

Colonel Brandon's reticence to tell the truth proves to be Lacey's greatest obstacle in his race against time to prove Brandon's innocence. Lacey's relationship with Lady Breckenridge moves forward while his hunt for evidence to clear Brandon uncovers dark secrets that go back to the Peninsular Wars and involve the origins of Lacey's and Brandon's private battle.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012786531
Publisher:	JA / AG Publishing
Publication date:	06/26/2011
Series:	Captain Lacey Regency Mystery Series , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	49,157
File size:	547 KB

About the Author

Award-winning Ashley Gardner is a pseudonym for New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ashley. Under both names--and a third, Allyson James--Ashley has written more than 35 published novels and novellas in mystery and romance. Ashley’s books have been translated into a dozen different languages and have earned favorable reviews in Publisher's Weekly and Booklist.

Editorial Reviews

Lacey is the perfect Regency protagonist--a gentleman with a kind heart and a keen sense of intelligence. The mystery is carefully wrought, and the characters are well developed, each with a distinctive personality. With each installment, Gardner reveals more secrets about the pasts of the main characters. --RT BookReviews

RT BookReviews - Sheri Melnick

Ashley Gardner develops characters from all walks of Regency life, which enhances her plot and adds depth and substance to the tale. --Fresh Fiction

Fresh Fiction - Suan Wilson

Ashley Gardner develops characters from all walks of Regency life, which enhances her plot and adds depth and substance to the tale.

Suan Wilson

Lacey is the perfect Regency protagonist--a gentleman with a kind heart and a keen sense of intelligence. The mystery is carefully wrought, and the characters are well developed, each with a distinctive personality. With each installment, Gardner reveals more secrets about the pasts of the main characters.

Sheri Melnick