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The Last Serenade
2016
First Published
3.93
Average Rating
322
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"If one enjoys a great mystery with a touch of romance, there are few better than this!" — InD'Tale magazine When Sybil takes the stage again, murder plays the leading role. In September 1873, actress and spirit medium Sybil Ingram is eagerly anticipating her marriage to dashing violinist Roderick Brooke. But the wedding plans are halted by Roderick’s former lover, Julia de Lioncourt, who implores him to come to Paris to rescue her from a blackmailer. Knowing how guilty Roderick still feels for killing Julia’s husband in a duel, Sybil agrees to help Julia for his sake—even though it means becoming her understudy in a French melodrama. Worse, it’s all too clear that the scheming diva wants Roderick back in her bed. When the blackmailer is found dead, can Sybil's abilities as a medium help her discover the truth before the killer stops her? A delicious blend of historical cozy, supernatural mystery, gothic romance, and romantic comedy, the Sybil Ingram Victorian mysteries are perfect for readers who love dynamic Victorian women sleuths like Anna Lee Huber’s Lady Darby, Penny Richards’s Lilly Long, Deanna Raybourn’s Lady Julia Grey, and Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody. And be sure not to miss Sybil’s other Nocturne for a Widow, A Haunting Reprise, and the short story "Christmas at Gravesend"!

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Amanda DeWees
Amanda DeWees
Author · 21 books
Amanda DeWees received her PhD in English from the University of Georgia and wrote her dissertation on 19th-century vampire literature—the perfect training, although she didn’t know it at the time, for writing Victorian gothic romance novels. Her books include With This Curse, winner of the 2015 Daphne du Maurier Award in historical mystery/suspense, and the Sybil Ingram Victorian Mysteries series.
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