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MRS. JEFFRIES AND THE MERRY GENTLEMEN
BRIGHTWELL, EMILY
Orlando Edison is a stockbroker using London’s infatuation with foreign mining ventures to make a
fortune. He has curried favor with the nation’s most respected aristocrats, even inviting three of the most
influential investors in England—known as the Merry Gentlemen—to be part of his latest enterprise.
Despite his mysterious past, Edison is now welcomed in the highest circles and moves with ease among
the rich and powerful. Yet a few days before Christmas, he is found sprawled across his doorstep,
murdered. Charismatic and charming, Edison was kind to his servants and generous with his friends. Why
would someone want him dead? Inspector Witherspoon and his household are all looking forward to the
festive season. Witherspoon is eager to spend time with his godchild. Wiggins, the footman, is infatuated
with football and would rather cheer goals than chase down clues. And Mrs. Goodge longs to bake
recipes from the latest cookbooks. But they all know their duty, and led by the intrepid Mrs. Jeffries, they
plan to see justice served for the holidays….
MYSTERY 1ST PRINTING 30,000
BERKLEY
288 PAGES
9780425268087
$25.00 HC
OCTOBER 2013
MRS. POE
CULLEN, LYNN
It is 1845, and Frances Osgood is desperately trying to make a living as a writer in New York; not an easy
task for a woman—especially one with two children and a philandering portrait painter as her husband. As
Frances tries to sell her work, she finds that editors are only interested in writing similar to that of the new
renegade literary sensation Edgar Allan Poe, whose poem, “The Raven” has struck a public nerve. She
meets the handsome and mysterious Poe at a literary party, and the two have an immediate connection.
Poe wants Frances to meet with his wife since she claims to be an admirer of her poems, and Frances is
curious to see the woman whom Edgar married. As Frances spends more and more time with the
intriguing couple, her intense attraction for Edgar brings her into dangerous territory. And Mrs. Poe, who
acts like an innocent child, is actually more manipulative and threatening than she appears. As Frances
and Edgar’s passionate affair escalates, Frances must decide whether she can walk away before it’s too
late...
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 75,000
ATRIA
368 PAGES
9781476702919
$29.99 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013