Heirs and Graces

New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2013. N1 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some light vertical crease on the front flap, some scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Bbook lightly cocked,some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges,some chipping on the page edges, wrinkling on some last pages, light tanning and shelf wear. A Royal Spyness Mystery. As thirty-fifth in line for the throne, Lady Georgiana Ramnoch may not be the most sophisticated young woman, but she knows her table manners. It's forks on the left, knives on the right - not in His Grace, the duke's back. . . 9.5"x6.5". 295 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Here I am thinking the education I received at my posh Swiss finishing school would never come in handy. And while it hasn't landed me a job, or a husband, it has convinced Her Majesty the Queen and the dowager duchess to enlist my help. I have been entrusted with grooming Jack Altringham - the duke's newly discovered heir fresh from the Outback of Australia - for high society. The upside is I am to live in luxury at one of England's most gorgeous stately homes. But upon arrival at Kingsdowne Place, my dearest Darcy has been sent to fetch Jack, leaving me stuck in a manor full of miscreants . . . none of whom is too pleased with the discovery of my new ward. No sooner has the lad been retrieved than the duke announces he wants to choose his own heir. With the house in a hubbub over the news, Jack's hunting knife somehow finds its way into the duke's back. Eyes fall, backs turn, and fingers point to the young heir. As if the rascal weren't enough of a handful, now he's suspected of murder. Jack may be wild, but I'd bet the crown jewels it wasn't he who killed the duke. . .. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.