A Rather Curious Engagement

Penny Nichols has the London apartment the classic cat the villa in France the fabulous bank account and the great guy to share them all with. So everything's perfect right? Er well...Pennies nickels....Pursued by gigolos gold diggers an ex-wife and highly aggressive salesmen all chasing after their millions freelancer-turned-heiress Penny Nichols and her boyfriend Jeremy decide to take a whole summer off and sock away most of their inheritance. But they allow themselves one big splurge from their wish list - and that's where all the trouble begins....and a boatload of secrets.At an auction on the French Riviera Penny and Jeremy win much more than they bargain for as they uncover a centuries-old rivalry involving the theft of a strange priceless treasure linked to Beethoven's Germany. Investigating everything from a 1920s yacht on the Mediterranean to the legendary superstitionsof the island of Corsica right up to a castle on Lake Como Italy Penny and Jeremy track down a mysterious elderly count whose fractured memory may hold the key piece of this fascinating historical puzzle.