When Lady Margaret Priam and Betty Trenka take a Roman holiday, they discover a masterpiece of murder.A European vacation with her new friend, Lady Margaret Priam, is an excellent opportunity for suburban sleuth Betty Trenka to expand her horizons. They plan to visit the Priam ancestral home in England, venture to Rome to see priceless works of art, and stop by the villa of an Italian prince where a rarely seen painting by Raphael is kept under lock and key. It should be a grand trip—but sinister powers are at play.Soon after their arrival in Rome the amateur detectives find themselves embroiled with an artist and an art dealer who appear to be involved in the notorious art of forgery. Now they are plotting a way to infiltrate the Villa Carolina—hoping to steal a helpful glimpse of the Old Master’s work. And when a body turns up in a fountain at the estate, it becomes clear to Betty and Lady Margaret that murder never takes a holiday. . . .

Forged in Blood

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Christmas, Joyce

Mystery

Fawcett

Formal dress and a sharp eye were de rigueur Thursday last, when Helene Harpennis, the busiest fundraiser in the social register, hosted a gala charity ball. Who could have guessed that the grandest of dames would fall victim to poisoned sorbet? Police detective Sam de Vere suspects several of the elite guests, but lovely Lady Margaret Priam, the ex-aristocrat, knows her close-mouthed class won't confess much to him. Hot on her own trail of clues, savvy Lady Margaret enlists the reluctant aid of throneless Prince Paul Castrocani, as she keeps one well-heeled step ahead of de Vere and gains his advantage -- in more ways than one.

Suddenly in Her Sorbet

Acting as temporary guardian to the niece of her friend, socialite Lynne Jordan, Lady Margaret Priam becomes involved in the mystery surrounding the murder of the young woman's mother four years earlier

Simply to Die for

Gold Medal

A social climber scales her last ladder in this Lady Margaret Priam Mystery, where just before one of her own soirees, Lady Ross is unceremoniously strangled. A guest of the party herself, Lady Margaret Priam quietly figures things out on her own. The list of top-drawer suspects grows as their lies turn devious and her own close call with death provides the answer in the nick of time....

Fete Worse than Death

Antiques dealer Bedros Kasparian calls in his old friend Lady Margaret Priam to investigate when the body of a beautiful blackmailer and soon-to-be-ex-wife of a wealthy Hollywood lawyer, Sylvie Code, is found in his shop

A Stunning Way to Die (Lady Priam)

Since Manhattan's summer season is ever so dull, what else can Lady Margaret do but heed her brother's desperate fax and return to the family castle--especially since one of his guests has been murdered? With her own instinctive powers of reason called into play, Lady Margaret even outsmarts Scotland Yard. Original.

Friend or Faux

While it is safe to say that neighborhood busybody Frances Rassell was not well liked, who despised her enough to kill her? An outspoken opponent of a luxury high rise built by the Texas millions of Lady Margaret Priam's dear friend Carolyn Sue Hoopes, Mrs. Rassell claimed to know something unpleasant about everyone. When the loudmouth's lifeless form is found at the construction site, Carolyn Sue employes the ever-unflappable Lady Margaret as a spokesperson for her company to calm local fears.But she is soon up to her upper-class neck in unexpected trouble. Something's rotten in the borough of Queens, and Lady Margaret had better mind her manners in this strange part of town, lest she find her aristocratic appendages severed from her soigne self . . . ..

It's Her Funeral

When a posh party in the Caribbean arranged by Lady Margaret's good friend and ne'er-do-well Paul Castrocani, for wealthy Lord Fairfane, provides the setting for two murders, Lady Margaret flies to the scene. An expert in upper-crust mruder, she poses as a party-goer to ferret out the killer. Her snooping uncovers messy little secrets from the Farfaine past, as blackmail, black magic, and deadly rumors expose the dark side of paradise....

Perfect Day for Dying (A Lady Margaret Priam Mystery)

LOOK WHO'S BACK IN TOWN. . .None other than notorious Gloria Gilpin Forsythe Anton--with a fresh face-lift, a new husband, and plans for a major social comeback. But Gloria is riding for a fall--a fatal one--down the back stairs of an old East Side mansion, that she's turned into a lavish designer showhouse.Elegant society snoop Lady Margaret Priam is troubled and intrigued by this mysterious blueblood tragedy, which mimics another tragic death in the same setting forty years ago. Is one of Gloria's best friends in fact a deadly enemy? Has Gloria riled up her ex-husband? Or has the unquiet past claimed another victim? Lady Margaret goes fishing, and in the shark-infested waters of the New York social swim she lands herself a killer. . . .

Mourning Gloria

The author of the popular Lady Priam mysteries now starts a suspenseful new series--of an older female sleuth in a moneyed but mysterious suburb. Betty Trenka had no choice but to take her pension and leave her job. When she takes a part-time post in a Connecticut suburb, it becomes a full-time murder investigation. Original.

This Business Is Murder

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