Deadly Affair: A Georgian Historical Mystery (Alec Halsey Mystery Series Book 2)

By Lucinda Brant

Autumn 1763. Career diplomat Alec Halsey has been elevated to a marquessate he doesn't want and Polite Society believes he doesn't deserve. And with the suspicion he murdered his brother still lingering in London drawing rooms, returning to London after seven months in seclusion might well be a mistake. So when a nobody vicar drops dead beside him at a party-political dinner, and his rabble-rousing uncle Plantagenet is bashed and left for dead in a laneway, Alec's foreboding deepens. Uncovering the vicar's true identity, Alec suspects the man was poisoned. But who would want a seemingly harmless man of God murdered, and why?

Lucinda Brant's Alec Halsey mysteries explore the darker side of her deliciously romantic 18th century world. Along with trademark wit and high drama there are deeper subplots and even quirkier characters that will have you shuddering and laughing in equal measure!

Awards
2017 B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree
Goethe International Novel Writing Competition Finalist for Outstanding Works in Post-1750s Historical Fiction
2012 Australian Romance Readers Awards finalist

Character-driven amateur sleuth
Non explicit (mild violence)
Story length ~114,000 words