Sarah and Frank Malloy must catch a scheming killer in this latest gripping installment in the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mysteries Former policeman Frank Malloy is frustrated when a woman requests his private detective services to implicate her wealthy husband in adultery, the only legal grounds for divorce in New York state. Although Mrs. Bing seems genuinely distressed about her marriage and desperate to end it, she refuses to tell Frank the reason she absolutely must divorce her husband and admits she has no legal grounds. Frank explains he won't manufacture evidence for her and sends her on her way. The following week, Frank and Sarah happen to be attending the first ever auto show in Madison Square Garden when they meet the woman's husband, Alfred Bing, who has invested in a company that produces one of the electric motorcars on display. A few days later, the newspapers report that millionaire Alvin Bing has been found dead, pinned beneath one of the wheels of his very own motorcar. But who was driving it? The obvious suspect is Mrs. Bing, but Frank and Sarah find that nothing is as it seems in their puzzling, dangerous search for truth. Biografía del autor Victoria Thompson is the Edgar® and Agatha award–nominated author of the Gaslight Mysteries, the Counterfeit Lady series, and numerous historical novels. She lives in the Chicago area with her family. Extracto. © Reimpreso con autorización. Reservados todos los derechos. I A rich lady is here to see you," Maeve said with a mischievous grin. She had closed Frank's office door behind her when she came in so she could make this announcement in private. "A rich lady?" Frank echoed with a grin of his own. "Is it my wife or my mother-in-law?" "It's a client," she told him smugly. "And how do you know she's rich?" he challenged. Maeve had begun her career as nanny to Frank's children, but over time, she had somehow managed to become part of his detective agency, too. Sometimes her detection skills astonished him, although he made sure not to let on. She sighed in dismay at his question, which she must think demonstrated his lack of faith in her abilities. "Her clothes. She's new money, though." Frank bit back another smile. "And how do you know that?" Maeve's nose wrinkled as she considered. "She's not comfortable." "What does that mean?" "You know, the way Mrs. Decker is. No matter what happens, she's always so calm and sure of herself." Ah yes, the confidence that comes from being born with money and knowing you never had to worry about a thing. His mother-in-law had it in spades and so did his wife, Sarah. It had been bred into them for generations. Frank Malloy was new money, though. He would never have that confidence. "All right, who is she and what does she want from us?" Maeve reached across his desk and laid a calling card on top of the papers he'd been working on. It was engraved on high-quality paper. mrs. alvin bing. The address was an upscale neighborhood in the city. "She wouldn't tell me what she came for. She said it's private and she would only discuss it with you." "Show her in, then." Frank laid the card down and straightened the papers on his desk. He stuffed them into a folder and set them aside. "Do you, uh, need me to take notes?" Maeve asked hopefully. "Gino is still out." Frank's partner, Gino Donatelli, had gone to deliver a final report to a client. "If I need you, I'll call you," Frank said. Maybe Mrs. Bing had something to say that wasn't fit for Maeve's ears. "And don't worry, Miss Nosy, I'll tell you all about it when she leaves." Maeve sniffed in derision at his teasing and went out to fetch Mrs. Bing. Mrs. Bing appeared to be in her late thirties. She had never been a beauty, but she was a handsome woman who benefitted from being dressed well. Very well, in fact. Maeve had been right about her clothes. Being married to Sarah had taught him how to spot the work of a fine dressmaker. B
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