A Perilous Undertaking, Deanna Raybourn
A Perilous Undertaking, Deanna Raybourn
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A Perilous Undertaking

Author: Deanna Raybourn

Narrator: Angele Masters

Unabridged: 12 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/10/2017

Synopsis

Veronica Speedwell returns in a brand new adventure from Deanna Raybourn, the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries. 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. But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of the many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural historian colleague Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer-a ruthless villain who not only took Artemisia's life in cold blood but is happy to see Ramsforth hang for the crime. From a Bohemian artists' colony to a royal palace to a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves to be a very perilous undertaking indeed.

About Deanna Raybourn

Deanna Raybourn is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the Lady Julia Grey series, A Spear of Summer Grass, and The Dead Travel Fast. The Lady Julia Grey series has been nominated for five RITA Awards, an Agatha Award, and numerous Dilys Wynn, Last Laugh, Daphne du Maurier, and Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards. Silent in the Grave, the first book in the series, won the 2008 RITA Award for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements. Deanna lives in Virginia with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chelsea on September 24, 2022

I'm kicking myself for not giving this series a chance sooner. No really, I'm not a huge reader of historical fiction, but the fact that Deanna Raybourn has effortlessly blended aspects of the Victorian era with humor that transcends any decade has me completely hooked. She has flawlessly created th......more

Goodreads review by Riley on December 08, 2021

amazing re-read!! this series is the best this quote had me smiling so much <3 "You are worth a thousand of them Veronica." the slow burn of veronica and stoker's relationship is everything ------------------------------------ okay I rarely read books in the same series back to back but I am loving t......more

Goodreads review by Katie on May 18, 2023

April 2023: 4.5⭐️ Reading Vlog: [URL not allowed] "No, I am better than a husband. I am your friend."Bury me with this line. The asexual/aromantic in me is screeching into the sun. I adore them. Simply and truly, I can't imagine a reading-life where they haven't taken complete advantage of.......more

Goodreads review by Robin on February 07, 2017

Or my title A lepidopterist and taxidermist and the case of the dirty sex club Historical Detective stories aren’t my normal reading but I ran into Veronica Speedwell last year and found her scientific examination of the world fascinating and funny at times. Plus there was Stoker a very broody and br......more

Goodreads review by Sara on January 27, 2019

This series is so much fun! I absolutely love Veronica and Stoker. I think the sequel was a bit better than the first book and I enjoyed the plot more. I sincerely look forward to reading the next book. I think part of the excitement of reading this series is that I very randomly found it based on t......more

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