{"product_id":"the-dagger-dance-lady-fan-mystery","title":"The Dagger Dance (Lady Fan Mystery)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLady Fan returns in another twisty murder case! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Lady Fan unravel another mystery…?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1793, England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a not-so-relaxing holiday in Tunbridge Wells, Lady Ottilia and Lord Francis Fanshawe have returned to their home with a young orphaned girl, Pertesia ‘Pretty’ Brockhurst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter losing both her parents in tragic circumstances, Pretty had been abandoned by the rest of her family and the childless Fanshawes have delighted in having her around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when her estranged grandfather turns up on their doorstep, Ottilia is worried she will lose the child she is growing so close to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, their footman Hemp Roy, has run into trouble. After becoming reacquainted with Dorote, a woman from his past life in Barbados, Hemp is desperate to help her when she is accused of murder in Bristol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd who better to turn to than his trusted Lady Fan?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Lady Fan save Dorote – and Hemp? Will she unmask the killer?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what will happen to the poor orphan girl under her care…?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DAGGER DANCE is the seventh book in the Lady Fan Mystery series: historical romance murder mysteries with a courageous woman sleuth embarking on a traditional British, private investigation in eighteenth-century London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The late Regency writer Georgette Heyer lives—and she's writing mysteries as Elizabeth Bailey!’ - Meritorious Mysteries\u003cbr\u003e‘Ottilia is a strong, intelligent character with a real enthusiasm for detective work’ – She Reads Novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘They have everything you love in romances, plus continuing characters you can really come to love, and murders as well! Her heroine sleuth, Ottilia, is a fantastic character.’ - Historical Romance UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLADY FAN HISTORICAL MYSTERY SERIES\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ONE: The Gilded Shroud\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TWO: The Deathly Portent\u003cbr\u003eBOOK THREE: The Opium Purge\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FOUR: The Candlelit Coffin\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FIVE: The Mortal Blow\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SIX: The Fateful Marriage\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SEVEN: The Dagger Dance\u003cbr\u003eBOOK EIGHT: The Unwanted Corpse\u003cbr\u003eBOOK NINE: The Vengeance Trail\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TEN: The Hanging Cheat\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ELEVEN: The Killing Cave\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ivy Shelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47287759667254,"sku":"9781800552135","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/1468\/1142\/files\/9781800552135.jpg?v=1787103737","url":"https:\/\/theivyshelf.com\/products\/the-dagger-dance-lady-fan-mystery","provider":"The Ivy Shelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}