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Love and death among the cheetahs / Rhys Bowen.

By: Series: Royal spyness. 13 | Bowen, Rhys. Royal Spyness mysteries ; 13.Publication details: New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2020.Edition: Berkley Prime Crime trade paperback editionDescription: 305 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780451492852
  • 0451492854
Other title:
  • Love & death among the cheetahs
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Georgie is excited when Darcy announces out of the blue that they are flying to Kenya for their extended honeymoon. It is only after they arrive that she suspects he has actually been sent there on an assignment. She tries not to be angry, because she is, after all, in paradise! They are picked up in Nairobi and taken to a lovely house in Happy Valley-the center of upper-class English life there. Darcy finally confides that there have been some spectacular robberies in London and Paris, and it is suspected that the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Georgie is shocked at the completely decadent lifestyle that involves wild parties and rampant infidelity. One of the leading lights in the community, Lord Cheriton, makes a play for Georgie. She rebuffs him. Then he is found dead along a lonely stretch of road. At first it seems to be a lion attack.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction - Crime BOW Royal Bk.13 Available 062575
Total reserves: 0

First pulished in 2019.

Includes a sneak peek of The last Mrs. Summers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Georgie is excited when Darcy announces out of the blue that they are flying to Kenya for their extended honeymoon. It is only after they arrive that she suspects he has actually been sent there on an assignment. She tries not to be angry, because she is, after all, in paradise! They are picked up in Nairobi and taken to a lovely house in Happy Valley-the center of upper-class English life there. Darcy finally confides that there have been some spectacular robberies in London and Paris, and it is suspected that the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Georgie is shocked at the completely decadent lifestyle that involves wild parties and rampant infidelity. One of the leading lights in the community, Lord Cheriton, makes a play for Georgie. She rebuffs him. Then he is found dead along a lonely stretch of road. At first it seems to be a lion attack.

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