The Richmond Thief

England, 1811. At a carriage stop on the way to London, the newly widowed Lady Althea Trent meets Mr. Read of the Bow Street Runners, England's first detectives. As an amateur scientist hoping for admission to the all-male Royal Society, Althea is intrigued by Read's description of the Richmond Thief-a mysterious criminal stealing jewels from the aristocracy. In London, Althea's host Lady Levanwood becomes the thief's latest victim, and Bow Street is called in to investigate. Given Althea's intelligence and position within society, Read enlists her help, pairing her with another Bow Street agent, the wealthy and inscrutable Duke of Norwich.

Despite an initial antipathy, Althea and the duke set out to ensnare the criminal. Plans go awry when Althea comes face to face with the masked Richmond Thief, who stirs her heart and slips through her fingers. Then two servants disappear from the Levanwood household, perhaps murdered by the thief. Althea must use all of her scientific acumen to unlock the thief's secrets, unmask a murderer, and untangle a strangely complicated relationship with Norwich. In the process of cracking the case, Althea will pioneer forensic science and crack open the doors of the Royal Society as well.

Author: Lisa Boero
Publisher: Nerdy Girl Press
Published: 01/23/2017
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780998259901

About the Author

Lisa Boero is a lawyer and moonlighting novelist. She is the author of the Nerdy Girls series of mysteries, featuring face-blind detective Liz Howe. Boero's third book, Hell Made Easy, is a dark comedy about lawyers in a battle of wits with the devil. The Richmond Thief is the product of the author's infatuation with Jane Austen and the Forensic Files. It is her first historical mystery.

Boero lives in Marshfield, Wisconsin, along with her family, and can be contacted at www.lisaboero.com.

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