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A DANGEROUS AFFAIR

Liberty Lane is trying to make a new life for herself in London in 1838, a few months after the events of the previous book, A Foreign Affair.

Her hard-won stability is threatened by a high-profile murder case. A famous dancer, whose colorful past is more conspicuous than her talent, is poisoned in her dressing room.

Suspicion falls on the most naļve member of the chorus, and one of Liberty’s best friends becomes deeply involved. In spite of the emotional cost to herself, Liberty must follow trails leading to some of the highest and lowest in society to save the girl from the gallows.

A Dangerous Affair was published in the UK last year under the title Death of a Dancer.

USA publication 1/27/2009
Price $13.99

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Reviews

“This is a terrific page-turner in the tradition of Georgette Heyer … a wonderful evocation of the tawdry, precarious world behind the spectacle of the variety stage.” The Guardian.

“The investigation neatly reveals her (Liberty’s) inquiring mind, generous nature and sense of humour, all of which Peacock uses to good effect in a light-hearted and engaging novel.” Times Literary Supplement