When every suspect is hiding a secret, Lady Margot must find the killer before the killer finds her.
When Lady Margot Blackwell accepts a flamboyant invitation from her bohemian cousin, she expects champagne, seaside promenades, and perhaps a scandalous painting or two. What she doesn’t expect is to witness the sudden, very public demise of Brighton’s most loathed social climber—a man whose grudges could fill a ballroom—and every one of them wanted him dead.
As whispers ripple through the glittering drawing rooms and candlelit dining halls, suspicion falls squarely on Margot’s cousin. Determined to clear her name, Margot plunges headlong into a world of veiled threats, dangerous liaisons, and enough skeletons in closets to rattle the Pavilion walls. But the deeper she digs, the more she realises that someone is watching her every move—someone who will stop at nothing to ensure their secrets stay buried.
Navigating artful red herrings, clever rivals, and a ballrooms’ worth of suspects (each with something deadly to hide), Margot must use every ounce of wit, courage, and cross-examination to uncover the truth. With her cousin’s reputation at stake, an inspector who’d rather she stuck to tea and scones, and a murderer who always seems two steps ahead, every twist brings Margot closer to danger.
When gossip can kill as swiftly as poison—and the hunter becomes the hunted—can Margot unmask the culprit before her own name is added to the scandal sheets, or will her next adventure be her last?
