a perilous undertaking by deanna raybourn

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. A Perilous Undertaking - Deanna Raybourn - Google Books.

Together with her natural-historian colleague, Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task-saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Ramsforth, accused of the brutal murder of his mistress, Artemisia, will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if the real killer is not found.īut Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of many secrets Veronica must uncover. The wickedly clever and devilishly amusing Veronica Speedwell returns for a rousing adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia. A Perilous Undertaking Deanna Raybourn 4.11 22,328 ratings2,368 reviews London, 1887. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task-saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task-saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. The 'wickedly clever and devilishly amusing'* Veronica Speedwell returns for a rousing adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey Mysteries. A Perilous Undertaking A Treacherous Curse A Dangerous Collaboration A Murderous Relation An Unexpected Peril An Impossible Impostor A Sinister Revenge Detailed book overview Non Series Buy now Like The Dead Travel Fast A husband, a family, a comfortable life: Theodora Lestrange wants nothing to do with it all. A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn, 9780451476159, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.

A perilous undertaking by deanna raybourn