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London, 1821. Former spies Malcolm and Mâelanie Rannoch have been friends with Bow Street runner Jeremy Roth since they all met in the intrigues of the Peninsular War. Now settled in London, they frequently collaborate. On a chilly night, an urgent summons from Roth takes Malcolm to a tavern in the slums of Seven Dials. He finds Roth standing over the body of a murdered woman. Malcolm offers his assistance with the case, but Roth says Malcolm must investigate alone. When Malcolm asks why, Roth replies--because this is my wife.Malcolm and Mâelanie plunge into the secrets of Roth's estranged wife Allegra. Why did she disappear from England? Where has she been for five years? And why did she return now to the husband she abandoned? Their investigation is a race against time as another Bow Street runner is all too eager to arrest Roth for the murder. And though Malcolm and Mâelanie are both convinced Jeremy Roth is not a killer, his story keeps changing.Secrets are nothing new for the Rannochs. But this investigation will force them to question everything they thought they knew about some of those closest to them. And to re-examine the secrets at the heart of their own marriage--before someone else they love falls victim...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the life of a former spy cannot remain quiet for long.

When former spies Malcolm and Mélanie Rannoch learn their enemies are trying to sell letters that could prove key at the trial between George IV and Queen Caroline, the Rannochs are determined to intercept the papers before they can be used.

Glittering chandeliers reveal dark secrets... Former spies and London society favorites Malcolm and Mélanie Suzanne Rannoch are back home, and delighted that their dear friends, Raoul O'Roarke and Laura Tarrington, are finally free to marry. But what should be an occasion for joy is soon/quickly marred by a blackmail attempt. To aid an old friend, the Rannochs must resume a life of espionage and adventure, facing an attack at the London docks and infiltrating a Mayfair ball in disguise to retrieve stolen letters. They soon realize the stolen documents they seek could upend the British government--and the secrets Malcolm and Mélanie uncover hit unexpectedly--and dangerously--close to home...