Victoria Goldsborough is about to vastly improve her family\u2019s fortunes by marrying Peregrine, Marquess of Harrington. The Goldsborough girls are admired and envied because of their grandmother\u2019s plans to marry them off to great advantage, and Victoria\u2019s death is a terrible blow to the family. Emily and Colin have solved many crimes, and given all the suspects from the cream of society, it\u2019s far better for everyone concerned if they investigate than if it\u2019s Scotland Yard poking around. They question the family for hints of a motive. Victoria died from yew poison that must have been administered within a limited window of time. Peregrine\u2019s mother had a diamond tiara she\u2019d planned to give Victoria. Its disappearance on the night of Victoria\u2019s death leads Emily and Colin to suspect Sebastian Capet, a charming, erudite jewel thief in love with Emily and currently involved in opening what may be Boudica\u2019s grave. Victoria\u2019s closest friend, Frances Price, is the daughter of a suffragette, although neither Victoria nor Frances is involved in the battle for women\u2019s rights, a cause despised by Peregrine and many in his set. Emily finds out that both girls were secretly involved in Boudica\u2019s Sisters, a group of society women planning on marrying well and convincing their husbands to support the suffragette cause. When another debutante is poisoned, the sleuths must step up their game and dig out the real reason for murder.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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