Countess Frances finds herself involved in another murder mystery this time involving her cousin and friend. Most of London retires to the countryside in the heat of August but Frances decides to stay in town with her visiting sister and in the process with the help of her sister she also finds out who is writing the scandalous gossip column that everyone is talking about. Could you imagine such a column today? Maybe that is what Facebook is now. Hmm…

This book opens with a tidbit of shocking news that I was not expecting. Very interesting indeed. If you haven’t read book one then you won’t quite understand the shock.

Again, I listened to the audiobook and thought the narrator did a superb job of making all the characters come to life and feel unique.