Snobbery with Violence: An Edwardian Murder Mystery: 1 (Edwardian Murder Mysteries 1)

When a marriage proposal appears imminent for the beautiful -- if rebellious -- Lady Rose Summer her father wants to know if her suitors intentions are honorable. He calls on Captain Harry Cathcart the impoverished younger son of a baron to do some intelligence work on the would-be fiancee Sir Geoffrey Blandon.. After his success in uncovering Geoffreys dishonorable motives Harry fashions a career out of fixing things for wealthy aristocrats. So when the Marquess of Hedley finds one of his guests dead at a lavish house party he knows just the man to call.. But when Harry is caught between his clients desire for discretion and his suspicion that murder may indeed have been committed he enlists the help of Superintendent Kerridge of the Scotland Yard and Lady Rose also a guest at Lord Hedleys.. Set in Britain and the Edwardian world of parties servants and scandal M. C. Beatons Snobbery with Violence is a delightful combination of murderous intrigue and high society.