A Perilous Undertaking
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3.9
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Deanna Raybourn
"London, 1887. Victorian adventuress and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell receives an invitation to visit the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women. There she meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task: saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Accused of the brutal murder of his artist mistress Artemisia, Ramsforth will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if Veronica cannot find the real killer"--
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Author
Deanna Raybourn
Pages
352
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2017
ISBN
0451476158 9780451476159
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"Veronica and Stoker continue to pull me in with their adventures and chemistry and I devoured this book all too quickly. Now I'll have some time to wait on the next installment. :("
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