Miss Morton and the deadly inheritance /
Lloyd, Catherine, 1963-
Miss Morton and the deadly inheritance / - Center Point Large Print edition. - 365 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - A Miss Morton mystery ; [3] . - Lloyd, Catherine, 1963- Miss Morton mysteries ; 3. .
Regular print version previously published by Kensington Publishing Corp.
"Miss Caroline has doubts when she receives an urgent invitation from a London law firm to discuss her late father's estate. After all, the dishonored Earl of Morton died without a pound sterling to pass on to his two daughters. But while immersing herself in helping Mrs. Frogerton's capricious daughter navigate the high social season, Caroline meets with a cagey lawyer, Mr. Smith, who shares life-altering news -- the earl composed a second will, leaving behind an undisclosed fortune. Mrs. Frogerton, however, is thoroughly unimpressed with the firm's conduct and suspicious of their true motives. Her instinct proves right when the two ladies find the office ransacked, staff in turmoil, and Mr. Smith missing. The full weight of the situation doesn't sink in until Mr. Smith dies following a brutal attack on the street -- discovered with an empty envelope bearing Caroline's name in his pocket. With a connection forming between two deaths at the firm, Caroline can't imagine why anyone would kill twice over the contents of a will. Further complicating matters is the amorous Mr. DeBloom -- who claims his mother goaded the earl into making bad investments and promises to link Caroline to her inheritance -- and the disappearance of Susan, her younger sister. As Caroline unwittingly becomes the center of both a criminal case and a sordid love triangle, she must tread with caution while seeking the truth."--
9798891643031 9789798891649 9798891643
2024940074
Paid companions (Household employees)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Wills--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction.
Upper class--Social life and customs--England--19th century--Fiction.
Large type books.
Great Britain--History--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction.
PS3616.E246 / M57 2024d
813.6
Miss Morton and the deadly inheritance / - Center Point Large Print edition. - 365 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - A Miss Morton mystery ; [3] . - Lloyd, Catherine, 1963- Miss Morton mysteries ; 3. .
Regular print version previously published by Kensington Publishing Corp.
"Miss Caroline has doubts when she receives an urgent invitation from a London law firm to discuss her late father's estate. After all, the dishonored Earl of Morton died without a pound sterling to pass on to his two daughters. But while immersing herself in helping Mrs. Frogerton's capricious daughter navigate the high social season, Caroline meets with a cagey lawyer, Mr. Smith, who shares life-altering news -- the earl composed a second will, leaving behind an undisclosed fortune. Mrs. Frogerton, however, is thoroughly unimpressed with the firm's conduct and suspicious of their true motives. Her instinct proves right when the two ladies find the office ransacked, staff in turmoil, and Mr. Smith missing. The full weight of the situation doesn't sink in until Mr. Smith dies following a brutal attack on the street -- discovered with an empty envelope bearing Caroline's name in his pocket. With a connection forming between two deaths at the firm, Caroline can't imagine why anyone would kill twice over the contents of a will. Further complicating matters is the amorous Mr. DeBloom -- who claims his mother goaded the earl into making bad investments and promises to link Caroline to her inheritance -- and the disappearance of Susan, her younger sister. As Caroline unwittingly becomes the center of both a criminal case and a sordid love triangle, she must tread with caution while seeking the truth."--
9798891643031 9789798891649 9798891643
2024940074
Paid companions (Household employees)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Wills--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction.
Upper class--Social life and customs--England--19th century--Fiction.
Large type books.
Great Britain--History--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction.
PS3616.E246 / M57 2024d
813.6