Lady Helena Investigates: 1 (The Scott-De Quincy Mysteries)

A reluctant lady sleuth finds shes investigating her own family. Step into Lady Helena Whitcombes world with the first novel in a series that will blend family saga and mystery-driven action with a slow-burn romance in seven unputdownable investigations.1881 Sussex. Lady Helena Scott-De Quincys marriage to Sir Justin Whitcombe three years before gave new purpose to a life almost destroyed by the death of Lady Helenas first love. After all shouldnt the preoccupations of a wife and hostess be sufficient to fulfill any aristocratic females dreams? Such a shame their union wasnt blessed by children . . . but Lady Helena is content with her quiet country life until Sir Justin is found dead in the river overlooked by their grand baroque mansion.The intrusion of attractive mysterious French physician Armand Fortier with his meddling theory of murder into Lady Helenas first weeks of mourning is bad enough. But with her initial ineffective efforts at investigation and her attempts to revive her long-abandoned interest in herbalism comes the realization that she may have been mistaken about her own familys past. Every family has its secrets-but as this absorbing series will reveal the Scott-De Quincy family has more than most.Can Lady Helena survive bereavement the second time around? Can she stand up to her six siblings assumption of the right to control her new life as a widow? And what role will Fortier-who as a physician is a most unsuitable companion for an earls daughter-play in her investigations?If youre looking for an unputdownable Victorian mystery saga heres where you start!