From Sarah Ferguson the Duchess of York a sweeping romantic compulsively readable historical
saga about a Duke's daughter?the perfect Victorian lady?who secretly moonlights as an amateur
sleuth for high society's inner circle. 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. Pacy romantic and fun A
Most Intriguing Lady documents one remarkable woman's ability to be both the perfect lady and
a perfectly talented detective...and of course to find love too.
