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A Broken Vessel
Kate Ross
#UE5832
Paperback, 305 pages; 2011 (1994)
$6.90
Sally is what you might call a lady of easy virtue, plying her trade along London's streets in the early nineteenth century. It's a habit of hers to commemorate every brief encounter by swiping a little souvenir-- the gentleman's handkerchief, which she stows in a little bag hidden under her skirts. One night, as she's shaking out her prizes, a bit of paper tumbles out along with them--a desperate note by a woman being held again her will. Sally's got the nerve to attempt a rescue, and she has one significant asset: an acquaintance with one Mr. Julian Kestrel, noted dandy and gentleman sleuth. The Broken Vessel will be catnip both to fans of Regency-era romance and to lovers of classic Golden Age mystery.
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