{"product_id":"the-mortal-blow-lady-fan-mystery","title":"The Mortal Blow (Lady Fan Mystery)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe intrepid Lady Fan is back! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLady Fan is back to full health but can she solve the trickiest case yet…?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1792, England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLord Francis and Lady Ottilia Fanshawe are on their way home when their coach comes to a sudden stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman is standing in the middle of the road — covered in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe woman refuses to speak but on further investigation they find the body of a man hidden in the woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOttilia insists on bringing the woman home to find out what occurred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the more she finds out the more complicated the case becomes…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho was the man in the woods? Did the blood-covered woman murder him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr did someone else strike The Mortal Blow…?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MORTAL BLOW is the fifth 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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":47287759306806,"sku":"9781913028336","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/1468\/1142\/files\/9781913028336.jpg?v=1787103736","url":"https:\/\/theivyshelf.com\/products\/the-mortal-blow-lady-fan-mystery","provider":"The Ivy Shelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}