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The Berkeley Brigade undertakes an investigation for Mrs. Ballard, Lady deCoventry’s chaperone. Mrs. Ballard’s whist group played for pennies, but one of its members had been murdered. Not the Brigade’s usual challenge perhaps, until someone else is killed—and suspicion falls on several parties. So Lord Luten, Corinne deCoventry, Sir Reginald Prance, and Coffen Pattle, together with Lord Byron and Black, Lady deCoventry’s butler, seek out...
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Jane Ramsey was invited to her old and dear friend Nick’s homecoming. His relatives believed he would now settle down with her for his bride. But Nick arrived with his Incomparable fiancé and plans to be married early in the new year. Was it only Jane who could see how wrong Aurelia was for Nick? And why did Nick exhibit jealousy when his friend Pelham kissed Jane? Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest
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The Berkeley Brigade (Lord Luten, Corinne deCoventry, Coffen Pattle and Sir Reginald Prance) have come to Byron’s Newstead Abbey to celebrate Christmas. But Pattle finds a long-buried body on the estate’s island and the Brigade is intrigued. Suspects aplenty: the odd local vicar, the mysterious Vulch and his missing wife, Sir William and Lady Richardson who arrived in the neighborhood before expected—and rumored ghosts at the Abbey. [7th of...
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The beautiful widow Corinne DeCoventry's young friend Susan Enderton disappears from her estate. The Marquess of Luten feels responsible for her kidnapping (if it was a kidnapping) and the Berkeley Brigade follows him to the country to solve this distressing puzzle. There are mysteries aplenty-a masked highwayman, a surprisingly rundown estate, an assemblage of suspects-and murder. 2nd of the Berkeley Brigade mysteries Regency Mystery/Romance by Joan...
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A new Berkeley Brigade mystery! Not only Lord Luten, who is hors de combat, Corinne DeCoventry, Sir Reginald Prance and Coffen Pattle but that charming rascal Lord Byron become involved in this murder. The Prince Regent wants it solved-and he's willing to give Luten a government post to do it-or so he says. There's mischief afoot, and a bawdy house comes under investigation. Regency Mystery/Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Belgrave House/Regency...
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The Berkeley Brigade is faced with a beautiful and seductive French comtesse, tucked away in her little house in London but looking to ensnare not only Lord Luten, but Sir Reginald Prance and Coffen Pattle. Luten's previous knowledge of the comtesse sets his fiancé, Corinne deCoventry, on the alert, but there are more important matters, such as forged paintings, contracts for rockets-and murder. Regency Mystery/Romance by Joan Smith; originally published...
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Sylvia Thompson, using the name Jane Bingham, became nursemaid to Bobby Palin in order to find out what had really happened to her sister, Bobby's former helper. In no time she found herself in love with her employer, suspicious of his second wife, and horrified by her sister's fate-which might have been sealed by the infamous black diamond mourning ring. Victorian Gothic by Joan Smith, writing as Jennie Gallant; originally published by Fawcett Crest...
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Corrine deCoventry was the lone female in the Berkeley Brigade, a quartet of aristocrats who charmed the London ton. But when the lovely young widow wore the deCoventry pearls to a masquerade ball, and they were stolen by a masked Robin Hood-the foursome, led by the dashing Lord Luten, moved into action to recover them. But there was murder afoot. First of the Berkeley Brigade mysteries Regency Romance/Mystery by Joan Smith; originally published by...
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London's young aristocratic Berkeley Brigade find themselves at Sir Reginald Prance's country estate, where Corinne DeCoventry and Coffen Pattle attempt to solve the murder of a disliked neighbor. When Lord Luten arrives on the scene, the Brigade discover a plethory of clues and motives, plus an especially enticing "lady" engaged to the heir. The major suspect, however, is Prance's own beloved aunt. Last of the Berkeley Brigade Mystery/Romance series...
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Regency ladies are being blackmailed for their most intimate secrets-and for just the amount of money they can be expected to raise quickly. The Berkeley Brigade-Lord Luten, his fiancé, Corinne deCoventry, Sir Reginald Prance and Coffen Pattle, assisted by Lord Byron-are time-after-time outwitted by this mysterious villain. But when a milliner in Bath is murdered, the pieces start to fall into place... Sixth of the Berkeley Brigade mysteries.
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