Safe in Death

<h1><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>When murder comes calling a spinster gets a life.</strong></h1><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Victorian England 1861. Marry or become a governess. These are the choices for Esther Hardy-and neither option appeals. So when a dying woman turns up on her doorstep Esther plunges into a life of danger and potential romance.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The tragic victim was long suspected of killing her aristocratic lover. Now eleven years later she herself has been murdered in a brutal attack. To unmask the killer Esther must battle both underworld villains and secretive elites. How is the enigmatic gentleman she keeps encountering connected to the dead woman? Is he trying to help or hinder the inquiry? And why is Esther strangely drawn to him?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Unfortunately no one can ever be safe in a city shrouded with deception as murky as the London fog. With skill and luck Esther will protect her family and emerge as a powerful woman detective. Or die trying.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(26 26 26 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>From the author of the John Chase/Penelope Wolfe Regency mysteries comes the first installment in a compelling amateur sleuth series. </strong></p>