Anna Lee Huberová je autorkou národne bestsellerových detektívnych sérií, ktoré často zahŕňajú historické prvky a tajomstvá. Jej štýl sa vyznačuje dôkladne prepracovanými zápletkami a hlbokým vhľadom do psychológie postáv. Ponúka čitateľom napínavé príbehy plné intríg a nečakaných zvratov, ktoré skúmajú ľudskú povahu v náročných situáciách. Jej diela rezonujú s tými, ktorí oceňujú premyslenú mystifikáciu a silné, nezabudnuteľné hrdinky.
Skotsko, 1830. Po smrti manžela nachází lady Kiera Darbyová útočiště na panství své sestry, kde se snaží najít klid pro svou vášeň – malování. Když však její hostitelé uspořádají společenský večírek pro londýnskou smetánku, nedokáže uniknout hněvu těch, kteří ji považují za stejně výstřední, jako byl její zesnulý manžel – anatom. Kiera by nejraději nechala minulost za sebou, ale když je jeden z hostů zavražděn, její švagr ji požádá, aby vyu žila svých znalostí lidského těla a pomohla nesnesitelnému Sebastianu Gageovi, dalšímu z účastníků večírku, s vyšetřováním…
March 1920: Life has turned unsettlingly quiet for former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her husband, Sidney. But even that false calm is about to end. The French authorities soon request Sidney's help with a suspect who claims to have proof of treason -- shortly before she is assassinated. And Verity, too, is called to investigate a mystery . . .
All is far from quiet on the home front in national bestselling author Anna Lee Huber's captivating mystery series, in which former Secret Service agent Verity Kent receives a visitor—who is being trailed by a killer...November 1919. A relaxing few weeks by the seaside with her husband, Sidney, could almost convince Verity Kent that life has returned to the pleasant rhythm of pre-war days. Then Verity's beloved Great Aunt Ilse lands on their doorstep. After years in war-ravaged Germany, Ilse has returned to England to repair her fragile health—and to escape trouble. Someone has been sending her anonymous threats, and Verity's Secret Service contacts can only provide unsettling answers.Even deep in the Yorkshire Dales, where she joins Verity's family for the holidays, Ilse encounters difficulties. Normally peaceful neighbors are hostile, seeking someone to blame for the losses they've endured. When Ilse's maid is found dead, Verity must uncover whether this is anti-German sentiment taken to murderous lengths, or whether there is a more personal motive at work. Could Verity's shadowy nemesis, Lord Ardmore, be involved? And if so, how much closer to home will the blow land when he inevitably strikes again?
England, 1919. In Anna Lee Huber’s latest mystery, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent is finding that life after wartime offers its own share of danger . . . The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada’s marital difficulties. Bourgeois-bred Ada, recently married to the Marquess of Rockham, is overwhelmed trying to navigate the ways of the aristocracy. And when Lord Rockham is discovered shot through the heart with a bullet from Ada’s revolver, Verity fears her friend has made a fatal blunder. While striving to prove Ada’s innocence, Verity is called upon for another favor. The sister of a former Secret Service colleague has been killed in what authorities believe was a home invasion gone wrong. The victim’s war work—censoring letters sent by soldiers from the front—exposed her to sensitive, disturbing material. Verity begins to suspect these two unlikely cases may be linked. But as the connections deepen, the consequences—not just for Verity, but for Britain—grow more menacing than she could have imagined.
