The Dead Hath No Fury

When Sherry, Lucien's friend and fellow agent, asks him to investigate his half-brother's death and to take Lady Anne along to support the widow, Lucien didn't expect to find the inquiry so complicated. The brother was a bookish blue-stocking, not the likely type to collect enemies.

Yet, Lucien uncovers a surprising number of recent events that might have resulted in deep-seated anger and deadly violence-a crooked card game, a forbidden "pistols at dawn," a disputed berry patch, a horse swin...