Tauchen Sie ein in die opulente Welt der High Society, in der sich eine unerwartete Adlige in eine brillante Detektivin verwandelt. Verfolgen Sie ihre kühne Suche nach der Wahrheit, die die Kluft zwischen königlichen Höfen und dem Leben einfacher Leute überbrückt. Diese Geschichten verweben Spannung, Intrigen und die Aufdeckung verborgener Geheimnisse zu fesselnden Erzählungen. Entschlüsseln Sie in jedem sorgfältig ausgearbeiteten Teil die Rätsel der Vergangenheit.
Beatrice von Falklenburg, known as Trixie, is trapped in society life and growing apart from her husband until she takes on the role of detective and finds solace in her investigations. She has an ability to mix at ease not only with kings and princes, but also with ordinary men and women and finds the formality of her relations with servants and public officials altered.
A Countess of Prague Mystery
SALES HANDLE Her role in an investigation detailed in The Countess of Prague, has brought Beatrix von Falklenburg to the attention of the Hapsburg Emperor Franz Josef I, who has her summoned to his palace in Vienna to investigate the murder/suicide of Baroness Marie Vetsera and Crown Prince Rudolf. But before Trixie is handed her assignment, a terrible murder occurs on a snowy Prague funicular railway. Inspector Schneider pulls her away from a night at the opera to the crime scene. The only clue to the identity of the decapitated corpse is a tiny slip of paper in his waistcoat pocket - a piece of paper with Trixie's telephone number on it. KEY SELLING POINTS Second entry in the Countess of Prague Mystery series Historical mystery Early 1900s Europe AUDIENCE Fans of the Countess of Prague Mystery series Fans of mysteries set in Europe Fans of Tasha Alexander, Laurie R. King, Deanna Raybourn, Anne Perry, and Beatriz Williams