Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, Volume One contains the first three full-length titles in the (you-guessed-it) Captain Lacey series by Ashley Gardner (pen name for Jennifer Ashley). It also contains two short stories. It has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle US, not sure why or for how long.
The first title in the book,
The Hanover Square Affair, is individually a long-term freebie at Kindle US, but you're still getting two more full-length books and two short stories for $0.99, which is a pretty good deal. These also have all been available at attractive prices at Smashwords at various times in the past, so check carefully before you buy.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YZ0OOM
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Boxed set: Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, Volume One, by Ashley Gardner
A collection of the first three novels in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries series plus two Captain Lacey short stories first published in mystery magazines.
This book bundle includes:
The Hanover Square Affair (full-length novel)
A Regimental Murder (full-length novel)
The Glass House (full-length novel)
The Gentleman’s Walking Stick (two short stories)
Meet Captain Gabriel Lacey, a half-pay cavalry officer who returns to Regency London with little money and no purpose, but with a sense of honor and fairness. He’s pulled into a search for a missing young woman, and thus begins investigating crime, using his status as a gentleman but a poor one to cross the boundaries between the top of society and the working class of the back streets.
In The Hanover Square Affair, a missing girl and horrific corpse plunge Captain Lacey into the dark underworld of Regency London.
In A Regimental Murder Captain Lacey is on hand to save the life of a beautiful widow; he then investigates the death of her husband, a colonel who had been accused of murdering a cavalry officer during the Peninsular War.
In The Glass House, Lacey investigates the death of a barrister’s young wife, and links her to a notorious brothel where the haut ton play.
Two short stories finish off the collection. In “The Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald,” Lacey is asked to locate a man’s missing daughter, though he senses that the family would be just as happy for her to remain missing. In “The Gentleman’s Walking Stick,” Lacey untangles a web of deceit involving a respectable society man, his only clue being a missing walking stick.
Join Captain Lacey and his friends as he investigates intrigue, murder, and villainy from the plush ballrooms of Mayfair to the darker streets of Regency London.
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