A Secret Never Told

A Lady Dunbridge Mystery, Book 4

By: Shelley Noble

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Philomena Amesbury, expatriate countess of Dunbridge, is bored. Coney Island in the sweltering summer of 1908 offers no shortage of diversions for a young woman of means, but sea bathing, horse racing, and even amusement parks can't hold a candle to uncovering dastardly plots and chasing villains. Lady Dunbridge hadn't had a big challenge in months.

Fate obliges when Phil is called upon to host a dinner party in honor of a visiting Austrian psychologist whose revolutionary theories may be of interest to the War Department, not to mention various foreign powers, and who may have already survived one attempt on his life. The guest list includes a wealthy industrialist, various rival scientists and academics, a party hypnotist, a flamboyant party-crasher, and a damaged beauty whose cloudy psyche is lost in a world of its own. Before the night is out, one of the guests is dead with a bullet between the eyes, and Phil finds herself with another mystery on her hands, even if it's unclear who exactly the intended victim was meant to be.

Worse yet, the police's prime suspect is a mystery man who Phil happens to be rather intimately acquainted with. Now it's up to Lady Dunbridge, with the invaluable assistance of her intrepid butler and lady's maid, to find the real culprit before the police nab the wrong one....

©2021 Shelley Freydont (P)2021 Tantor

totally hooked

This is the 4th book in the series. Finally, we learn possible hints about Lilly's past. I lived the Countess getting her tempest up because she's more relatable. This is not your typical story as compared to the other three - no balls or anything like that, but I really enjoyed it. sorry for the scatterbrained review- my mind is still processing all that's going on between Mr. X, and Lady Dunbridge, and Detective Sargeant Atkins... and now that Preswick, we'll, I won't say more. I'm impatient for the next book to be released now!

Great

Another excellent mystery. A lot of new characters and red herrings. Murder and and mayhem.

Love this Series

Author Shelley Noble has written another wonderful mystery featuring her brave countess detective.
A wonderful addition to the series mixing history with a smart independent woman making her way in the early 1900s.