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7th in the Blue Satan Mystery Series. After their secret wedding, Hester returns to her duties at Hawkhurst House to wait while St. Mars tries to find them a safe passage to France. She arrives to find the family in the midst of a crisis. Isabella is sick, and Harrowby refuses to speak to her. Hester must force Isabella to face the seriousness of her condition and care for her while she undergoes a harrowing treatment. Before the treatment is completed and St. Mars can come for Hester,...
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7th in the Blue Satan Mystery Series. After their secret wedding, Hester returns to her duties at Hawkhurst House to wait while St. Mars tries to find them a safe passage to France. She arrives to find the family in the midst of a crisis. Isabella is sick, and Harrowby refuses to speak to her. Hester must force Isabella to face the seriousness of her condition and care for her while she undergoes a harrowing treatment. Before the treatment is completed and St. Mars can come for Hester, she receives a surprise visit from the King's Hanoverian minister, who wants her to move into the palace to conduct a secret investigation. Someone has tried to murder the Lord Chamberlain; the fear is that the Prince of Wales may be behind the attempt. No one can refuse a royal commission, so St. Mars returns to discover that his wife is living in St. James's Palace on the search for a devilish villain. With his help Hester must eliminate the hundreds of suspects -- servants, courtiers and politicians -- with access to the palace, many of whom have reason to hate the Lord Chamberlain. One clue from the crime leads him to reach back into the past to a similar incident. Then, disguised as Blue Satan, he ventures on a nighttime mission to confirm their suspicions and falls into the villain's trap. It takes the help of friends and all of Hester's courage to save her husband from certain death and bring the criminal to justice.