As foreign to Delilah as Africa, Ryder becomes her guide to the complex beauty of this unknown world.
As mistress of this wasted estate, Delilah falls into the decadent pleasures of society.Īgainst the frivolity of her peers, Ryder White stands in sharp contrast. Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfather’s savannah manor house until gossip subsides.įairlight is the crumbling, sun-bleached skeleton of a faded African dream, a world where dissolute expats are bolstered by gin and jazz records, cigarettes and safaris. But her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch. Paris, 1923: The daughter of a scandalous mother, Delilah Drummond is already notorious, even amongst Paris society.
Posted in Books | Tagged Books, Deanna Raybourn, Historical Fiction, India, Murder Mystery | Leave a reply In My Hands Today… The danger is palpable and, if they are not careful, Julia and Nicholas will not live to celebrate their first anniversary. In this remote and exotic place, exploration is perilous and discovery, deadly. The Brisbanes uncover secrets and scandal, illicit affairs and twisted legacies. Was he murdered for his estate? And if he was, could Jane and her unborn child be next?Īmid the lush foothills of the Himalayas, dark deeds are buried and malicious thoughts flourish. Living on the Cavendish tea plantation with the remnants of her husband’s family, Jane is consumed with the impending birth of her child-and with discovering the truth about her husband’s death.
At the urging of Julia’s eccentric family, they hurry to India to aid an old friend, the newly widowed Jane Cavendish. After eight idyllic months in the Mediterranean, Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband are ready to put their investigative talents to work once more.
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