MysteryLarge Print EditionFew writers this side of Arthur Conan Doyle can evoke Victorian London with such relish for detail and mood. San Francisco ChronicleWhen Countess Zorah Rostova sweeps into the office of London barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone and asks him to defend her against a serious charge of slander, he astonishes himself by accepting, since a defense of the countess can only bring him notoriety. The countess believes that Gisela, the woman for whom Prince Friedrich abdicated the throne, has killed the prince. But theres not a shred of evidence to support her claim until private investigator William Monk and his friend Hester Latterly establish that the prince was indeed murdered. Unfortunately, the likeliest suspect is the countess herself!
