{"product_id":"perilous-undertaking","title":"Perilous Undertaking","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \"wickedly clever and devilishly amusing\"* Veronica Speedwell returns for a rousing adventure from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey Mysteries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon, 1887.\u003c\/i\u003e At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task--saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Ramsforth, accused of the brutal murder of his mistress, Artemisia, will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if the real killer is not found. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural-historian colleague, Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer. From a Bohemian artists' colony to a royal palace to a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves to be a very perilous undertaking indeed... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*SusanElia MacNeal","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42605303660611,"sku":"9780451476166","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/3591\/2771\/files\/imageloader_cd478d79-1b13-4320-9dbc-ca5eea349dbe.jpg?v=1759262376","url":"https:\/\/www.hofbooks.com\/products\/perilous-undertaking","provider":"Hearts on Fire Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}