Do you know who that is, Poppy?' asked Delilah.
'I do indeed.
' 'So what does it feel like to dance in the arms of an assassin?' Poppy Denby's star is on the rise.
Now the Arts and Entertainment Editor at The Daily Globe, she covers an exhibition of Russian Art at the Crystal Palace.
A shot rings out, leaving a guard injured and an empty pedestal in the place of the largest FabergÃ(c) Egg in the collection.
The egg itself is valuable, but more so are the secrets it contains within - secrets that could threaten major political powers.
Suspects are aplenty and Poppy is delighted to be once again in the middle of a sensational story.
But, soon the investigation takes a dark turn when someone connected with the exhibition is murdered and an employee of the newspaper becomes a suspect.
The race is on to find the egg before the killer strikes again.
About author(s): Fiona Veitch Smith is the author of the Poppy Denby Investigates novels, Golden Age-style murder mysteries set in the 1920s, about a reporter sleuth who works for a London tabloid.
The first book in the series, The Jazz Files, was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger, while subsequent books have been shortlisted for the Foreword Review Mystery Novel of the Year and the People's Book Prize.
She is formerly a journalist, having worked on the arts and crime beats of a Cape Town newspaper, and lectured in journalism in the UK for over a decade.
She is currently the Deputy Editor of the CWA's Red Herrings Magazine .
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Lion Fiction The kill fee, paperback/fiona veitch smith
