While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble
family, Veronica Speedwell gets the surprise of her life in this new
adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar
Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.
London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau Stoker
are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a
personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After
years of traveling the world, her eldest brother, Jonathan, heir to
Hathaway Hall, was believed to have been killed in the catastrophic
eruption of Krakatoa a few years before.
But now a man matching Jonathan's description and carrying his
possessions has arrived at Hathaway Hall with no memory of his identity
or where he has been. Could this man truly be Jonathan, back from the
dead? Or is he a devious impostor, determined to gain ownership over the
family's most valuable possessions--a legendary parure of priceless
Rajasthani jewels? It's a delicate situation, and Veronica is Sir Hugo's
only hope.
Veronica and Stoker agree to go to Hathaway Hall to covertly investigate
the mysterious amnesiac. Veronica is soon shocked to find herself
face-to-face with a ghost from her past. To help Sir Hugo discover the
truth, she must open doors to her own history that she long believed to
be shut for good.
