02412nam 22004333 450 991015429470332120231110222103.00-698-19845-X(CKB)3710000000971529(MiAaPQ)EBC6041467(Au-PeEL)EBL6041467(OCoLC)964358850(EXLCZ)99371000000097152920210901d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Perilous UndertakingEast Rutherford :Penguin Publishing Group,2017.©2017.1 online resource (307 pages)A Veronica Speedwell Mystery ;v.20-451-47615-8 "Veronica Speedwell returns in a brand new adventure from Deanna Raybourn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries. London, 1887. Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Accused of the brutal murder of his artist mistress Artemisia, Ramsforth will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if Veronica cannot find the real killer. But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of the many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural historian colleague Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer--a ruthless villain who not only took Artemisia's life in cold blood but is happy to see Ramsforth hang for the crime. From a Bohemian artists' colony to a royal palace to a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves to be a very perilous undertaking indeed."--Provided by publisher.A Veronica Speedwell Mystery Women private investigatorsWomen private investigators.813/.6FIC022040FIC022060bisacshRaybourn Deanna1215418MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154294703321A Perilous Undertaking2808354UNINA