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Silent in the Sanctuary

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Fresh from a six-month sojourn in Italy, Lady Julia returns home to Sussex to find her father's estate crowded with family and friends. Much to her surprise, the one man she had hoped to forget—the enigmatic and compelling Nicholas Brisbane—is among her father's houseguests...and he is not alone. Not to be outdone, Julia shows him that two can play at flirtation and promptly introduces him to her devoted, younger, titled Italian count.
But the homecoming celebrations quickly take a ghastly turn when one of the guests is found brutally murdered in the chapel. Lady Julia resumes her unlikely and deliciously intriguing partnership with Nicholas Brisbane, setting out to unravel a tangle of deceit before the killer can strike again.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 12, 2007
      Fans and new readers alike will welcome this sparkling sequel to Raybourn’s debut Victorian mystery, Silent in the Grave
      (2007). Left homeless by fire, wealthy widow Lady Julia Grey has been recuperating in Italy. With Christmas approaching, Julia returns to England, where she joins her large and eccentric family at their equally large and eccentric ancestral estate, a former monastery that retains some monkish ghosts. Nicholas Brisbane, a private enquiry agent with whom Julia has shared both a heated embrace and a stint at detection, is among the holiday houseguests, and to Julia’s astonishment Brisbane is in line for a title and
      engaged. Then a local curate is murdered in the former church sanctuary, and a set of priceless pearls goes missing. Headstrong and clever Julia joins Brisbane in investigating the crimes, deciphering his personal situation in the process. Readers may wish for a bit more romantic development, but the complex mystery, a delightfully odd collection of characters and deft period details produce a rich and funny read.

    • Library Journal

      December 15, 2007
      Returning to Sussex after six months in Italy, Lady Julia finds Bellmont Abbey, her family's home, full of Christmas visitors, including the newly engaged Nicholas Brisbane, the man she has dreamed about since they together solved her husband's murder ("Silent in the Grave"). When the new curate is found murdered in the chapel and Lady Julia's cousin is the prime suspect, she finds herself embroiled in another investigation while encouraging the attentions of a young Italian aristocrat. Raybourn has written the perfect novelfull of family squabbles, danger, and a romance in the makingfor a wintry afternoon's reading. Recommended for patrons who crave Victorian mysteries of manners. Raybourn lives in Virginia.

      Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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