Bath, 1810. A dead brother. A disgraced name. And a house built on secrets and lies …
Juliet Sinclair once moved through society as a lady of standing. Now, with her brother’s death shrouded in suspicion and her family name tarnished by whispers of treason, she adopts a false identity and enters the Dunbar household as a maid—determined to find out who betrayed her family.
But her new position offers little safety. The Dunbar siblings are far from ordinary: Miss Dunbar rules her world with cruelty and charm in equal measure, while her brother, dangerously charismatic, refuses to leave Juliet in peace. All the while, old memories resurface with the unexpected return of Juliet’s former suitor—and her brother’s closest friend, whose presence both comforts and complicates.
With a blackmailer threatening to expose her, and every answer leading to darker truths, Juliet must untangle a web of deception that reaches into the very heart of Bath’s elite. Her time is running out—and the deeper she digs, the more dangerous the game becomes.
Atmospheric, layered, and full of slow-burning tension, this second volume in the Sinclair Society Mystery series is a must-read for fans of intelligent female sleuths, upstairs-downstairs drama, and richly drawn Regency intrigue.
Trope: Amateur detective, Family Secret
