Sprigleaf Pty Ltd Deadly affair: a georgian historical mystery, paperback/lucinda brant

Autumn 1763.

Career diplomat Alec Halsey has been elevated to a marquessate he doesn't want and Polite Society believes he doesn't deserve.

And with the suspicion he murdered his brother still lingering in London drawing rooms, returning to London after seven months in seclusion might well be a mistake.

So when a nobody vicar drops dead beside him at a party-political dinner, and his rabble-rousing uncle Plantagenet is bashed and left for dead in a laneway, Alec's foreboding deepens.

Uncovering the vicar's true identity, Alec suspects the man was poisoned.

But who would want a seemingly harmless man of God murdered, and why?Lucinda Brant's Alec Halsey mysteries explore the darker side of her deliciously romantic 18th century world.

Along with trademark wit and high drama there are deeper subplots and even quirkier characters that will have you shuddering and laughing in equal measure Awards for this Book2012 Australian Romance Readers Awards Finalist Crowned Heart review, In D'Tale magazine Book Details Series: Book 2 in the Alec Halsey Mystery series Classification: Parental Guidance Recommended (mild violence) Length: Full-length novel (114, 000 words) Edition: First print edition Style: Character-driven amateur sleuth Connecting Books Many readers enjoy Lucinda Brant's books as part of a wider series since her characters inhabit the same meticulously-researched 18th Century world with people and events cross-referenced throughout.

You can explore the details and delve deeper into the history within each book by visiting Lucinda Brant Author on Pinterest.

Should you wish to read each series in chronological order, here is the sequence: Alec Halsey Mystery Series Spring 1763 DEADLY ENGAGEMENT (Country house murder and mayhem) Autumn 1763 DEADLY AFFAIR (A poisoned vicar and the mysterious Miranda) Winter 1763 DEADLY PERIL (Bloody intrigue abroad) In progress Summer 1764 DEADLY KIN (Evil lurks in Edinburgh) In progress Salt Hendon Series1763 SALT BRIDE (Magnus and Jane) 1767 SALT REDUX.