Miss Elizabeth Bennet expected the morning after rejecting Fitzwilliam Darcy’s proposal to be awkward.
She did not expect to discover a dead woman hidden inside Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s hedge maze.
Lady Catherine wants the matter settled quietly. Since the victim appears to have died without violence, the coroner is willing, but Elizabeth refuses to believe the contrived cause of death.
Armed with little more than keen observation, relentless curiosity, and a determination to see justice done, Elizabeth begins asking questions others would rather avoid. Why was the victim carrying an expensive fragment of blue stationery? Why was evidence altered before the authorities arrived? And who benefits from declaring the death an unfortunate accident?
Hesitantly aided by Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth follows a trail of hidden motives, carefully guarded reputations, and long-buried secrets that reach beyond the walls of Rosings Park.
The more they uncover, the more Elizabeth realizes the greatest danger may not be the murderer at all… but how easily the truth can disappear when society decides it is inconvenient.
Something you might not know about me: I’m dyslexic.
I also design my own book covers using Photoshop.
Put those two facts together, and unfortunately… you get a very real author moment:
a misspelled word made it onto the original cover.
Yes, I spelled “inconvenient” incorrectly.
I caught the mistake and corrected the cover, but a few copies had already made their way into the world.
If you received a paperback with the misspelled cover, I’m sorry!
Please contact me through my website’s contact page, and I’ll replace your copy free of charge.
Thank you for your understanding—and for being part of my author journey. 💕
Wendi Sotis 