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The Mayfair Affair is one of the titles in the EXTREMELY-confusing-to-figure-out-the-order Charles and Melanie Fraser/Suzanne and Malcolm Rannoch series by Tracy/Teresa Grant. This title has recently dropped from $4.99 to $2.99.

Apparently the author decided to continue the series when she left her original publisher, but had to change the names of the characters. Then to make matters worse, she doesn't write the books in anything approaching calendar order. And her website differs from SYKM differs from the blurbs. So I am not going to even try to speculate on what position this title takes in the series, but I've read many and enjoyed all that I have read.

link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKIT6QW

Spoiler:

A Malcolm & Suzanne Rannoch Mystery

In the elegant environs of Mayfair, Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch live a seemingly charmed life. Malcolm, a former diplomatic attaché and intelligence agent, is a rising Member of Parliament. Suzanne is fast becoming one of London’s most sought hostesses. But even their closest friends don’t know that the Rannoch’s marriage is still reeling from the revelation that Suzanne was a French spy when she met British agent Malcolm and that she married him to gather information on British plans.

Malcolm and Suzanne are hoping for private time to repair their marriage. But their peace is shattered by a late night visit from a Bow Street runner. The powerful Duke of Trenchard has been found murdered in the study of his St. James’s Square house. And Laura Dudley, governess to the Rannoch children, was standing over the dying duke.

Malcolm and Suzanne are convinced the woman they trusted with their children is not a killer. To prove Laura’s innocence, they are drawn into an investigation that will test their wits and the fragile truce between them. But whether or not she murdered the Duke of Trenchard, Laura Dudley is certainly not what she seemed. Revelations about her identity cut dangerously close to Suzanne’s own past. Malcolm and Suzanne realize more is at stake than Laura’s life and liberty. The investigation into the Duke of Trenchard’s murder will either prove the resilience of their bond–or snap it in two.