Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord: A Mystery

ISBN-13: 9781250867551 Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group Publication date: 11/14/2023 Series: Lady Petra Inquires Pages: 304 Sales rank: 3,228 Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.20(d) Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, a dazzling first entry in a captivating new Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin from Celeste Connally.London, 1815. Lady Petra Forsyth, daughter of the Earl of Holbrook, has made a shocking proclamation. After losing her beloved fiancé in an accident three years earlier, she announces in front of London’s loosest lips that she will never marry. A woman of independent means—and rather independent ways—Petra sees no reason to cede her wealth and freedom to any man now that the love of her life is gone. Instead, she plans to continue enjoying the best of society without any expectations.But when ballroom gossip suggests that a longtime friend has died of a fit due to her “melancholia” while in