02601cam a2200373 i 4500 2599308150 TxAuBib 20251021120000.0 230113s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063242036 0063242036 (OCoLC)1368897496 TxAuBib rda A most intriguing lady : a novel / Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, with Marguerite Kaye. First Harper Large Print edition. New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] ix, 499 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Victorian London was notorious for its pickpockets. But in the country houses of the elite, gentleman burglars, art thieves and con men preyed on the rich and titled. Wealthy victims--with their pride and reputation at stake--would never go to the police. What they needed was a society insider, one of their own, a person of discretion and finely tuned powers of observation, adept at navigating intrigue. That person was Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, the youngest child of Queen Victoria's close friends the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Bookish, fiercely intelligent, and a keen observer, Mary has deliberately cultivated a mousey persona that allows her to remain overlooked and significantly underestimated by all. It's the perfect cover for a sleuth, a role she stumbles into when trying to assist a close friend during a house party hosted by her parents at their stately Scottish home, Drumlanrig Castle. It is at this party where Lady Mary also meets Colonel Walter Trefusis, a distinguished and extremely handsome war veteran. Tortured by memories of combat, Walter, like Mary, lives a double life, with a desk job in Whitehall providing a front for his role in the British Intelligence Service. The two form an unlikely alliance to solve a series of audacious crimes--and indulge in a highly charged on-off romance. 20251021. Aristocracy (Social class) Fiction. Veterans Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Women private investigators Fiction. Private investigators Fiction. Theft Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Romance fiction. lcgft Detective and mystery fiction. fast Historical fiction. fast large print books. aat