Uneasy Lies the Crown
A Lady Emily Mystery
by Tasha Alexander
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Pub Date Oct 30 2018 | Archive Date Oct 30 2018
St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books
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Description
In Uneasy Lies the Crown, the thrilling new mystery in Tasha Alexander's bestselling series, Lady Emily and her husband Colin must stop a serial killer whose sights may be set on the new king, Edward VII.
On her deathbed, Queen Victoria asks to speak privately with trusted agent of the Crown, Colin Hargreaves, and slips him a letter with one last command: Une sanz pluis. Sapere aude. “One and no more. Dare to know.”
The year is 1901 and the death of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch has sent the entire British Empire into mourning. But for Lady Emily and her dashing husband, Colin, the grieving is cut short as another death takes center stage. A body has been found in the Tower of London, posed to look like the murdered medieval king Henry VI. When a second dead man turns up in London's exclusive Berkeley Square, his mutilated remains staged to evoke the violent demise of Edward II, it becomes evident that the mastermind behind the crimes plans to strike again.
The race to find the killer takes Emily deep into the capital’s underbelly, teeming with secret gangs, street children, and sleazy brothels—but the clues aren’t adding up. Even more puzzling are the anonymous letters Colin has been receiving since Victoria's death, seeming to threaten her successor, Edward VII. With the killer leaving a trail of dead kings in his wake, will Edward be the next victim?
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781250164704 |
| PRICE | $27.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
Featured Reviews
Michelle O, Librarian
Lady Emily is an inquisitive lady of refinement. She loves a good puzzle and if danger is afoot all the better. Having first met Lady Emily in "And Only to Deceive" she has become bolder and more zealous in her pursuit of justice and fixing problems. Now married to Colin Hargreaves, she is in a perfect position to assist this agent of the crown.
The newest adventure begins when Queen Victoria, on her death bed, gives Colin a coded message. Colin doesn't think much of it and chalks it up the confusion of sickness on the monarchs part. When bodies dressed as long dead murdered kings begin showing up in London, staged in period dress, Colin wonders if the message form the Queen is connected.
Lady Emily has other ideas and begins pursuing leads of her own. Lady Emily follows in the steps of Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody as an English lady with brains, gumption and a grand sense of adventure.
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