The Counterfeit Heiress by Tasha Alexander
Summary: In Tasha
Alexander's novel The Counterfeit
Heiress, after an odd encounter at a grand masquerade ball, Lady Emily
becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of one of the guests, a sometime
actress trying to pass herself off as the mysterious heiress and world
traveler Estella Lamar. Each small discovery, however, leads to more
questions. Was the intended victim Miss Lamar or the imposter? And
who would want either of them dead?
As Emily and Colin try to make sense of all this, a larger puzzle begins to emerge: No one has actually seen Estella Lamar in years, since her only contact has been through letters and the occasional blurry news photograph. Is she even alive? Emily and Colin’s investigation of this double mystery takes them from London to Paris, where, along with their friend Cécile, they must scour the darkest corners of the city in search of the truth.
Angie's Comments: Another
Lady Emily mystery from Tasha Alexander. In this installment, Alexander
alternates between the present, which is Lady Emily’s investigation, and the
past, which is Estella’s viewpoint. As the book proceeds along, I found it
rather easy to guess what happened to Estella (although I did not guess
where!). For me, the mystery is not so much what happened to Estella, but what happened
in her mind. The fact that part of Estella was based on a true person is
amazing.
The murder is only given a flimsy
excuse. I wish that the murder had been done for a much more urgent reason. In
any case, the plot needed the murder to happen so that Emily and Colin would be
concerned about Estella.
If you like historical, lighthearted mysteries, Tasha Alexander would be a good author to read. |
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