What fun to watch Lily Adler—newly widowed, and much more independent than London's nineteenth-century upper crust might prefer—come into her own as a fearless amateur sleuth in this series debut. Juggling the glittering social scene, her secretive investigations of a murder (which she nearly witnessed at a ball thrown by her oldest friend), and the kind attention of her deceased husband's charming best friend, Lily has her hands full. But, as the nefarious plot unfolds, we find there's nothing this elegantly no-nonsense woman can't handle!