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England, August, 1926 For months now, Pippa’s and Christopher’s neighbor Florence Schlomsky, the manhunter with the teeth, has been roaming London society looking for an opportunity to trade her father’s American fortune for a British title. Both the Astley cousins, Christopher and Crispin, have landed in her marital sights, a fact which has not endeared her to Pippa. But when Mr. and Mrs. Schlomsky arrive from America and Flossie is nowhere to be found, Pippa is first in line to offer assistance. She may not have liked Flossie, but she didn’t want anything bad to happen to her. And when a ransom note arrives at the Essex House Mansions demanding a million dollars in exchange for the heiress’s safe return, Pippa determines to do everything she can to get Flossie back to her parents. But when the trail leads from the glittering salons of Mayfair to the grimy streets of Southwark and beyond, Pippa discovers that there were aspects to Florence Schlomsky she didn’t realize were there, and perhaps it would have been better if she had never found out.
Author
Jenna Bennett writes the USA Today bestselling Cutthroat Business mysteries featuring Southern Belle and new-minted real estate agent Savannah Martin in Nashville, Tennessee. As Jennie Bentley, she writes the New York Times bestselling Do-It-Yourself Home Renovation mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime, featuring designer and amateur sleuth Avery Baker and her boyfriend, handyman Derek Ellis, who renovate houses in Waterfield, Maine. She also writes a variety of romance for a change of pace. aka Jennie Bentley The DIY series: FATAL FIXER-UPPER (November 2008) SPACKLED AND SPOOKED (August 2009) PLASTER AND POISON (March 2010) MORTAR AND MURDER (January 2011) FLIPPED OUT (October 2011) WALL TO WALL DEAD (September 2012) HOME FOR THE HOMICIDE (December 2013) The Cutthroat Business series: A CUTTHROAT BUSINESS (May 2011) HOT PROPERTY (June 2011) CONTRACT PENDING (July 2011) CLOSE TO HOME (September 2011) A DONE DEAL (December 2011) CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL (November 2012) CHANGE OF HEART (May 2013) KICKOUT CLAUSE (October 2013) Soldiers of Fortune series: FORTUNE'S HERO (December 2012) Various: ISLAND GETAWAY (October 2012) VIRGINIA CREEPER (October 2013) BEFORE YOU (March 2014)
