In 1888 the honor goes to Prince Albert Victor aka “Eddy,” who has gifted a diamond star to the owner of a private sex club.

Lady Wellie meddled strategically, and no one save the royal family and a handful of very highly placed people of influence knew of her power.”Īnd sordid scandals seem especially linked to the royals. Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk, “Lord Rosemorran’s elderly great-aunt and éminence grise behind the throne” has made it her “mission to protect the royal family-not least from themselves. The series pokes fun at the aristocracy even as our adventurers always answer their call to arms while they continue to catalog the Rosemorran Collection belonging to the Earl of Rosemorran their patron and landlord. Veronica is the unacknowledged daughter of the Prince of Wales while Stoker is the son of a viscount making him an “Honourable,” an honorific he doesn’t much care for. And this time, the pair encounter murder, mayhem, monarchy, and the joy of once again working together. A Murderous Relation is the 5 th outing for Deanna Raybourn’s daring lepidopterist heroine aided as always by natural historian, explorer, and taxidermist Stoker.

It’s Autumn, and the intrepid, endearing, adventuring Veronica Speedwell, steps off a train from Cornwall straight into a London terrorized by Jack the Ripper. A royal scandal, a murdered madame, and the most notorious serial killer in history call Veronica Speedwell to the aide of the royal family yet again.

A murderous relation by deanna raybourn