Do you ever really know your family?
In the 1880s a sixth daughter learns not to ask for much, even if sheâs the daughter of an earl. Even if she married the richest man in her corner of Sussex. Even if sheâs now a widow with a splendid Georgian mansion.
Lady Helena Whitcombe is still trying to adjust to widowhood and reconcile her family loyalties with her desires when her artist sister Odelia makes a startling suggestion. Why not make her mark on the house thatâs now all hers, by commissioning a magnificent work of art from one of Londonâs most celebrated painters?
Lady Odelia invites Helena into the seductive world of medieval fantasies and fairy tales she has inhabited since Helena was a child. But when a shocking series of events exposes the destructive reality of a great artistâs unusual lifestyle, Helena and her ladyâs maid Guttridge are called on to helpâor is it to interfere?
Looming danger, the risk of scandal, and competing loyalties force Helena to re-evaluate her relationship with the sister sheâs always loved the most.
What is Lady Odeliaâs secret? Find out in this gripping continuation of the Scott-De Quincy Mysteries, a story that blends mystery and historical detail with Downton Abbey-style saga as the truths about Helenaâs aristocratic family unfold. Listen now before the secret gets out!