M.C. Beaton: Snobbery with Violence (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
When a marriage proposal appears imminent for the beautiful -- if rebellious -- Lady Rose Summer, her father wants to know if her suitor's intentions are honorable. He calls on Captain Harry Cathcart, the impoverished younger son of a baron, to do some intelligence work on the would-be fiancee, Sir Geoffrey Blandon.

After his success in uncovering Geoffrey's dishonorable motives, Harry fashions a career out of "fixing" things for wealthy aristocrats. So when the Marquess of Hedley finds one of his guests dead at a lavish house party, he knows just the man to call.

But when Harry is caught between his client's desire for discretion and his suspicion that murder may indeed have been committed, he enlists the help of Superintendent Kerridge of the Scotland Yard and Lady Rose, also a guest at Lord Hedley's.

Set in Britain and the Edwardian world of parties, servants, and scandal, M.C. Beaton's Snobbery with Violence is a delightful combination of murderous intrigue and high society.

M.C. Beaton: Snobbery with Violence. A Novel. St. Martin's Minotaur, ISBN: 9781250022486 (January, 2013), 240 p., $14.99.

M.C. Beaton: Snobbery with Violence (UK 2010)

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High society...
After a brief and ill-advised dalliance with the Suffragette movement, Lady Rose Summers' debut season in London society turns out to be a complete disaster. Rose's father suspects that her fiancé, Sir Geoffrey Blandon, is a first class scoundrel and calls in Captain Harry Cathcart to investigate.

But when a malicious guest is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Rose becomes far more interested in discovering the truth than in landing a more appropriate suitor. As Harry and Rose begin to unravel this web of lies and rumours, a clever murderer sets out to make Rose's disastrous first season her last.

'Fans of the author's Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series should welcome this tale of aristocrats, house parties, servants, and murder.' -- Publishers Weekly

M.C. Beaton: Snobbery with Violence. C & R Crime, ISBN: 9781849012898 (August, 2010), 248 p., £6.99.

Marion Chesney: Snobbery with Violence (USA 2003)

From the Publisher:
WHEN A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL appears imminent for the beautiful -- if rebellious -- Lady Rose Summer, her father wants to know if her suitor's intentions are honorable. He calls on Captain Harry Cathcart, the impov- erished younger son of a baron, to do some intelligence work on the would-be fiancé, Sir Geoffrey Blandon.

After his success in uncovering Geoffrey's dishonorable motives, Harry fashions a career out of "fixing" things for wealthy aristocrats. So when the Marquess of Hedley finds one of his guests dead at a lavish house party, he knows just the man to call.

But when Harry is caught between his client's desire for discretion and his suspicion that murder may indeed have been commit- ted, he enlists the help of Superintendent Kerridge of the Scotland Yard and Lady Rose, also a guest at Lord Hedley's.

Set in the Edwardian world of parties. servants, and scandal, Snobbery with Violence is a delightful combination of murderous intrigue and high society.

Marion Chesney: Snobbery with Violence. An Edwardian Murder Mystery. St. Martin's Minotaur, ISBN: 031230451X (July, 2003), 226 p., $22.95.