Jonathan Hathaway supposedly died during the eruption of Krakatoa six years before, but he has returned from the grave-or has he? His putative grandmother identifies him, but other family members disagree. In An Impossible Impostor(Berkley Books, 2022), the head of Scotland Yard’s Special Branch asks them for help. Together they attempt to discover who perpetrated the murder and why without falling under suspicion themselves.īy 1889, Veronica and Stoker have tackled more than a few complicated cases. Veronica is nothing if not intrepid, and she flees London in the company of the unkempt and misanthropic Stoker. She evades the villain with help from an unknown rescuer who promises to reveal a decades-old secret but dies before he can fulfill his promise. Early in that book, she leaves a family funeral only to encounter a housebreaker and would-be abductor. Since her first adventure in 1887 ( A Curious Beginning, published in 2015), Veronica Speedwell, a lepidopterist by inclination and training, has had an exciting two years. To help Sir Hugo discover the truth, she must open doors to her own history that she long believed to be shut for good.Starting a new historical mystery series is always fun, but summarizing one at book 7 creates a certain conundrum: how to convey the essence of a character and her development without giving away too much information? Veronica is soon shocked to find herself face-to-face with a ghost from her past. Veronica and Stoker agree to go to Hathaway Hall to covertly investigate the mysterious amnesiac. Could this man truly be Jonathan, back from the dead? Or is he a devious impostor, determined to gain ownership over the family's most valuable possessions-a legendary parure of priceless Rajasthani jewels? It's a delicate situation, and Veronica is Sir Hugo's only hope.
After years of traveling the world, her eldest brother, Jonathan, heir to Hathaway Hall, was believed to have been killed in the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa a few years before.īut now a man matching Jonathan’s description and carrying his possessions has arrived at Hathaway Hall with no memory of his identity or where he has been. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau Stoker are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell gets the surprise of her life in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.
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