{"product_id":"the-unwanted-corpse-lady-fan-mystery","title":"The Unwanted Corpse (Lady Fan Mystery)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis time Lady Fan is juggling motherhood with murder! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do when a dead body lands on your doorstep…?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1794, England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a body is unceremoniously dumped outside her home, Lady Ottilia Fanshawe is once more drawn into a murder case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOttilia is recovering from the birth of her first child and her husband, Lord Francis Fanshawe, is worried that she has finally taken on more than she can handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Ottilia will not be diverted. Motherhood has always been her deepest desire, but solving crimes is her passion. And she is determined to balance both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one in her household recognises the dead man, and yet a note was left with Lady Fan’s name on it. Clearly, someone wants her to investigate the crime, but why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho is the dead man? Why was he killed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what led to him being dropped at Lady Fan’s door…?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE UNWANTED CORPSE is the eighth 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 England.\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":47287759700022,"sku":"9781800555679","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/1468\/1142\/files\/9781800555679.jpg?v=1787103738","url":"https:\/\/theivyshelf.com\/products\/the-unwanted-corpse-lady-fan-mystery","provider":"The Ivy Shelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}