Deadly Engagement: A Georgian Historical Mystery (Alec Halsey Mystery)

Spring 1763.

Career diplomat Alec Halsey returns to London to the shocking news his estranged brother, the Earl of Delvin, has not only killed his friend in a duel but is engaged to the woman Alec hoped to marry.

The dead man’ s mother wants Alec to investigate, so he reluctantly attends a weekend house party celebrating the engagement.

Houseguests get more than they bargained for when a lady’s maid is murdered, the bride-to-be is attacked, and a guest is shot dead.

Uncovering a connection between these sinister acts and his brother' s duel, Alec confronts a cruel twist of fate and why his brother will go to any lengths to ruin him in Polite Society.