A house of secrets, an impossible attraction On a personal quest, Constance Silver, who runs Mayfair’s most exclusive brothel, has lied her way into Greenforth Manor, home of respectable and charismatic provincial banker, Walter Winsom. She feels quite safe from recognition until Solomon Grey joins the party. Aloof and strangely exciting, Solomon is one of the wealthiest men in London, so what does he want with any of the small players gathered at Greenforth? More immediately, will he give Constance away? He saved her life once, with most disturbing effects on her, and she is still magnetically drawn to him. But he is one of the few men she cannot read or influence. When they discover their host’s murdered body together, they have to overcome distrust of each other to investigate. Everyone in the house seems to have had both motive and opportunity to kill him, so Constance and Solomon must uncover many secrets and set a dangerous trap in order to reach the truth. _But is the murderer one step ahead of them? And if they both survive, will they part forever?_

Navigating mystery and lies – and their own precarious love. Struggling with the novelty of their engagement, Constance and Solomon are delighted to dig their teeth into a new mystery – the vanishing of a treasure hoard from a locked strong room. The treasure, only just brought home by adventurer Barnabas Lloyd, was supposed to pay off his debts and rebuild the family’s finances. Since no one broke into the house, suspicion inevitably falls on Lloyd’s own household - his beautiful wife, his dotty maiden sister, and his spirited children. Or perhaps a friend who is not above a bit of fortune hunting on his own. But did the treasure, in fact, ever leave the ship? Its disgraced captain and crew have to be investigated, which brings its own complications, especially when one of the crew looks enough like Solomon to be his missing twin brother. And then their chief suspect is murdered, and everything becomes much more dangerous… Tropes/ ✅ Locked-Room Theft ✅ Disguises / Doppelgänger / Secret Twin ✅ Family Secrets ✅ Amateur Sleuths ✅ High-Society Scandal ✅ Murder Mystery with a Twist ✅ Treasure Hunt ✅ Fortune Hunting Gone Wrong