{"product_id":"miss-morton-and-the-missing-heir-9781496754974","title":"Miss Morton and the Missing Heir","description":"\u003cb\u003eSociety in England is most unforgiving of a reversal of fortune, as Miss Caroline Morton, left penniless after her father's suspicious death, knows all too well. Once a lady, now a lady's companion, she is still enmeshed in the settling of the earl's estate--and soon murder as well--in this \"charming cross between a Regency romance and a well-constructed detective story\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) for of Victoria Thompson, C.S. Harris, and Deanna Raybourn.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistraught over her younger sister Susan's decision to leave for America and weary of shepherding her employer Mrs. Frogerton's daughter in her relentless pursuit of marrying a peer, Caroline is dealt another blow when her family solicitors indicate they may have found the lost heir to the Morton earldom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePossible heir Thomas, his mother Mrs. Scutton, and her widowed daughter, Mary, descend on Mrs. Frogerton's home on Half Moon Street. The air inside the house is soon thick with family tension and avarice. But things go from tense to tragic following the appearance of Mary's dead husband--very much alive and recently released from debtors' prison. Unseen by Caroline and Mrs. Frogerton, a fight breaks out upstairs, leaving Mary fatally stabbed and her mother wounded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe manhunt is on for Mary's husband, led by Inspector Ross. But both Caroline and Mrs. Frogerton begin to suspect that all is not as it seems The Scuttons have brought more than trouble into the home--they may be harboring secrets that could put Caroline and Mrs. Frogerton's very lives at risk . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kensington Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496754974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Catherine Lloyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604470132917,"sku":"9781496754974","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/miss-morton-and-the-missing-heir-9781496754974","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}