Happy Tuesday and a very happy book birthday to A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn! This is the eighth book in the Veronica Speedwell series, and it sounds great! The Veronica Speedwell novels are told from the point-of-view of lepidopterist, or butterfly enthusiast, Veronica, a young aristocratic woman living in 1880s England. She is “constantly thirsting for adventure.”
About the Book:
Title: A Sinister Revenge
Author: Deanna Raybourn
Series: Veronica Speedwell #8
Page Length: 336
Publication Date: March 7, 2023
Publisher: Berkley Books
Synopsis: Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.
Veronica’s natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job offer: preparing an iguanodon for a very special dinner party.
Tiberius has received a cryptic message—along with the obituaries of two recently deceased members of his old group of friends, the Seven Sinners—that he too should get his affairs in order. Realizing he is in grave danger but not knowing why, he plans a reunion party for the remaining Sinners at his family estate to lure the killer out while Veronica and Stoker investigate.
As the guests arrive and settle in, the evening’s events turn deadly. More clues come to light, leading Veronica, Stoker, and Tiberius to uncover a shared past among the Sinners that has led to the fatal present. But the truth might be far more sinister than what they were prepared for.
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About the Author:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Deanna Raybourn is a 6th-generation native Texan. She graduated with a double major in English and history from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Married to her college sweetheart and the mother of one, Raybourn makes her home in Virginia. Her novels have been nominated for numerous awards including two RT Reviewers’ Choice awards, the Agatha, two Dilys Winns, a Last Laugh, three du Mauriers, and most recently the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Novel. She launched a new Victorian mystery series with the 2015 release of A CURIOUS BEGINNING, featuring intrepid butterfly-hunter and amateur sleuth, Veronica Speedwell.
YESSS!! I was just reading it this morning!
Yay! I hope you love it!
I’m reading this now!! Love the series, and love Veronica!
So glad you’re enjoying it!