A Midwinter's Masquerade - Paperback

by Tracy Grant (Author)

The Rannoch Fraser Mysteries #18

London, December, 1819. After their recent adventures, former spies Malcolm and M lanie Rannoch are looking forward to spending a quiet holiday season with friends and family. The greatest danger seems to be M lanie's scandalous debut in a Christmas pantomime, which has shocked Mayfair's elite. But when an old friend smuggles a fugitive from the Continent into the theatre on opening night, the Rannochs find themselves facing both government agents and a mysterious assassin. As they infiltrate secret meetings, intercept coded documents, and reunite estranged lovers, they quickly realize nothing is quite what it seems. At least, as M lanie tells her husband, they are spending the holidays with those closest to them-even if they aren't sure they can trust their nearest and dearest...

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