A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder Audiobook (Free)

Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, enjoys more freedom being a widow than she did like a wife. After an obligatory calendar year spent mourning her philandering hubby, Reggie, she puts apart her drab dark gowns, leaving the countryside and her money-grubbing in-laws behind. With her youthful child in tow, Frances rents a house in Belgravia and prepares to welcome her sister, Lily, arriving from New York-for her first London season.

No sooner has Frances begun her new life than the about A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder ghosts of her old one make an unwelcome appearance. The Metropolitan police receive an anonymous notice implicating Frances in her husband’s loss of life. Frances assures Inspector Delaney of her innocence, but she’s also keen to maintain him from learning the scandalous circumstances of Reggie’s demise. As fate would have it, her dashing new neighbor, George Hazelton, is one of just two other folks aware of the full story.

While busy with public engagements in Lily’s behalf, and worrying if Reggie really was murdered, Frances learns of mysterious burglaries plaguing London’s elite. The analysis brings death to her doorstep, and Frances rallies her wits, a group of gossips, and the ever-chivalrous Mr. Hazelton to discover the truth.