The reluctant widow
(2008, original release: 1946)
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
FICTION/HEYER,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks Casablanca, [2008]
©2008
©2008
DESCRIPTION
ii, 316 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781402213519 (pbk.), 1402213514 (pbk.), 1402213514 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1946
"When Elinor Rochdale boards the wrong coach, she ends up not at her prospective employer's home but at the estate of Eustace Cheviot, a dissipated and ruined young man on the verge of death. His cousin, Mr Ned Carlyon, persuades Elinor to marry Eustace as a simple business arrangement. By morning, Elinor is a rich widow, but finds herself embroiled with an international spy ring, housebreakers, uninvited guests, and murder. And Mr Carlyon won't let her leave ..."--Publisher's website