The Demoniacs (Murder Room Ser.)

By: John Dickson Carr

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Synopsis: The master of the Golden Age detective novel displays his expertise in the historical whodunit with this Gothic tale of passion and bizarre murder, which Newsday hailed as &“mystery fiction at its finest&” When headstrong young heiress Peg Ralston flees London for Versailles, her father sends dashing rake Jeffrey Wynne to bring her home from the court of England&’s greatest enemy. But upon their return it appears that a mysterious portrait and a child&’s nursery rhyme link vivacious Peg to a bawdy old seamstress who resided near London Bridge and was quite literally scared to death. The old woman&’s murder is but one thread in a web of conspiracy that includes blackmail, court intrigue, and an underground club that has made a hobby out of murder. With Peg&’s life at stake, Wynne will do everything he can to trace the diabolical connection between the two women—and resist falling in love.