The Duke and the Viper

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A haunted house. A ghostly child. A ruthless French spy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When the Duke's sister invites Kate and Adam to her seaside home on the Lymington estuary whispers of a child ghost are the least of their worries. Robbers and smugglers stalk the shoreline and rumours spread of The Viper Napoleon's deadliest spy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When the Duchess's young niece-secretly tied to the French monarchy-is targeted the Duke and Duchess are drawn into a desperate race for survival. The Viper will stop at nothing to claim the girl and the royal secrets she carries.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From moonlit coves to shadowed forests Kate and Adam must outwit smugglers unmask a spy and uncover the truth behind the ghost of the estuary. But as the chase closes in one thing becomes clear: the Viper has already set his sights on them.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Thrilling romantic and laced with gothic suspense </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Duke and the Viper</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is the second dazzling instalment of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Halton Abbey Mysteries</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p>