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Wycliffe Manor a magnet for murder

On a longdelayed errand to remote Wycliffe Manor exLieutenant Jack de Sackville stumbles across the murdered body of London dandy Basil Culpepper in the hedgerow a long way from his usual haunts To Jacks dismay he discovers the earls daughter Culpepper hiding in Wycliffes kitchen

Disguised as a lowly cook Lady Elspeth Villiers may have liked to shoot Culpepper for ruining her life but she dropped out of sight for more immediate reasons than an old scandalher wealth has become the focus of greedy men The arrival of Jack the man shes adored since childhood along with Culpeppers corpse mean her hiding place is no longer safe

But once Lady Elsa reveals herself to the unconventional inhabitants of Wycliffe Manor they become the protective family she has never known Outraged to learn the beautiful woman he once loved and lost has become a target of greed Jack joins the investigation into Culpeppers death

With a murderer on the loose the amateur sleuths must unravel a deadly tangle of kidnappers and counterfeiters or the Manors eccentric inhabitants will be in as much danger as their cook