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The Salinghall Error,
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“Heed my point,” Adele said sharply.
Daniel grimaced. “Very well. Wirth did something that alerted the Doctor, and he proceeded to carve the Captain up—”
“He didn’t do it for fun,” Slane said sharply. “He wanted to know exactly how exposed he was. What Wirth had told us.”
“He cut Wirth’s throat when he was done,” Adele said. “He’d got the answers he wanted.”
Slane met her gaze. “Did those answers include your name?”
“I didn’t give it to Wirth.” She hesitated. “But if the Doctor was at the ball, then I’m linked to Wirth. And you are both linked to me. He must have seen me meeting with Wirth and afterwards, with the two of you. That is why we must leave the area, now. We’re compromised.”
Daniel turned on the seat to properly face her. “You say that with such…calmness. Do you really understand what you’re saying?”
“That we might be in danger? I do understand that, Daniel.”
“So, ye were right about the laddie, after all,” Slane said.
“That is immaterial,” Adele said sharply. “I made a mistake. I should have trusted my feelings completely and put Wirth on a night train back to Portsmouth.” She slumped back. “If he hadn’t met with me, he might still be alive.”
Daniel squeezed her hand silently.
“This will not happen again,” Adele said firmly, sitting up once more. “And besides, the Doctor also made a mistake, dealing with Wirth the way he did. Now we have a much shorter list of people who might be him.”
“You consider a ballroom full of eight hundred people to be a shorter list?” Daniel asked.
“As opposed to every man in Britain? And woman,” Slane added hastily.
“Very well,” Daniel said with a sigh. “Eight hundred people it is.”
“And I know exactly who to start with,” Adele said grimly. “Philip Cowden.”
“The journalist?” Daniel said, astonishment widening his eyes.
“And my oldest sister’s lover, for at least a year,” Adele said grimly.
Slane chuckled. “We can spread the man’s life on a blotter for ye sister to see, for sure.”
Daniel shrugged. “I suppose we must start somewhere. But you slid right past my point, Adele. The Doctor knows who you are now, almost for certain.” Worry made his voice hoarse.
“If he’s like every man with a heartbeat, he’s overlooked Becket completely,” Slane replied. “That’s why she got to see Wirth’s end and we didn’t. Even if the Doctor saw her with Wirth at the ball, he likely thinks she’s one of Wirth’s dalliances.”
“Maybe,” Daniel replied. “But I won’t risk Adele’s life on a possibility.”
Adele withdrew her hand from his. “It is my life to gamble with,” she said coolly. “Besides, I intend to find the Doctor before he finds me.”
The silence in the compartment lasted until they reached London.
_____
The Next book in the Adelaide Becket series is
The Indecent Agent
Trouble reaches out to Lady Adelaide from across the oceans.
Lady Adelaide Azalea Margaret de Morville, Mrs. Hugh Becket, English peer and British intelligence agent, receives an unexpected letter from her dear friend Isa Hass in the Cape Colony, which sends her dashing to Cape Town to confirm her suspicions about Isa and the death of Adele’s husband, three years ago.
Spy master William Melville insists that Daniel Bannister, Lord Leighton, accompany her. Adele complies, even though she resents Leighton’s company, for their nascent relationship ran aground some weeks before.
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(Historical Suspense Series)
The Requisite Courage
The Rosewater Debutante
The Unaccompanied Widow
The Lavender Semaphore
The Broadcloth Midnight
The Salinghall Error
Scandalous Scions
(Historical Romance Series – Spin off)
Rose of Ebony
Soul of Sin
Valor of Love
Marriage of Lies
Scandalous Scions One (Boxed Set)
Mask of Nobility
Law of Attraction
Veil of Honor
Scandalous Scions Two (Boxed Set)
Season of Denial
Rules of Engagement
Degree of Solitude
Ashes of Pride
Risk of Ruin
Year of Folly
Queen of Hearts
Scandalous Families – The Victorians
(Historical Romance Series – Spin off)
His Parisian Mistress
Her Rebellious Prince
Their Foreign Affair
Once and Future Hearts
(Ancient Historical Romance—Arthurian)
Born of No Man
Dragon Kin
Pendragon Rises
War Duke of Britain
High King of Britain
Battle of Mount Badon
Abduction of Guenivere
Downfall of Cornwall
Vengeance of Arthur
Grace of Lancelot
The Grail and Glory
Camlann
Project Kobra
(Romantic Spy Thrillers)
Hunting The Kobra
Inside Man
Heart Strike
Vistaria Has Fallen
Vistaria Has Fallen
Prisoner of War
Hostage Crisis
Freedom Fighters
Casualties of War
V-Day
The Vistaria Affair (Boxed Set)
The Sherlock Holmes Series
(Romantic Suspense/Mystery)
Chronicles of the Lost Years
The Case of the Reluctant Agent
Sherlock Boxed In
Romantic Thrillers Series
Fatal Wild Child
Dead Again
Dead Double
Terror Stash
Thrilling Affair (Boxed Set)
Jewels of Tomorrow
(Historical Romantic Suspense)
Diana By The Moon
Heart of Vengeance
Go-get-’em Women
(Short Romantic Suspense Series)
The Royal Talisman
Delly’s Last Night
Vivian’s Return
Ningaloo Nights
Kiss Across Time Series
(Paranormal Time Travel)
Kiss Across Time
Kiss Across Swords
Time Kissed Moments
Kiss Across Chains
Kiss Across Time Box One (Boxed Set)
Kiss Across Deserts
Kiss Across Kingdoms
Time and Tyra Again
Kiss Across Seas
Kiss Across Time Box Two (Boxed Set)
Kiss Across Worlds
Time and Remembrance
Kiss Across Tomorrow
More Time Kissed Moments
Kiss Across Blades
Kiss Across Chaos
Blood Knot Series
(Urban Fantasy Paranormal Series)
Blood Knot
Southampton Swindle
Broken Promise
Vale
Amor Meus
Blood Stone
Blood Unleashed
Blood Drive
Blood Revealed
Blood Ascendant
Flesh + Blood (Boxed Set)
Beloved Bloody Time Series
(Paranormal Futuristic Time Travel)
Bannockburn Binding
Wait
Byzantine Heartbreak
Viennese Agreement
Romani Armada
Spartan Resistance
Celtic Crossing
Beloved Bloody Time Series Boxed Set
Scandalous Sirens
(Historical Romance Series)
Forbidden
Dangerous Beauty
Perilous Princess
The Kine Prophecies
(Epic Norse Fantasy Romance)
The Branded Rose Prophecy
The Stonebrood Saga
(Gargoyle Paranormal Series)
Carson’s Night
Beauty’s Beasts
Harvest of Holidays
Unbearable
Sabrina’s Clan
Pay The Ferryman
Hearts of Stone (Boxed Set)
Destiny’s Trinities
(Urban Fantasy Romance Series)
Beth’s Acceptance
Mia’s Return
Sera’s Gift
The First Trinity
Cora’s Secret
Zoe’s Blockade
Octavia’s War
The Second Trinity
Terra’s Victory
Destiny’s Trinities (Boxed Set)
Interspace Origins
(Science Fiction Romance Series)
Faring Soul
Varkan Rise
Cat and Company
Interspace Origins (Boxed Set)
Short Paranormals
Solstice Surrender
Eva’s Last Dance
Three Taps, Then….
The Well of Rnomath
The Endurance
(Science Fiction Romance Series)
5,001
Greyson’s Doom
Yesterday’s Legacy
Promissory Note
Quiver and Crave
Xenogenesis
Junkyard Heroes
Evangeliya
Skinwalker’s Bane
The Starter Library Series
(Eclectic Sample Library)
A Dangerous Man
A Family Affair
Worlds of Wonder
Contemporary Romances
Lucifer’s Lover
An Inconvenient Lover
Contemporary Romances Boxed Set
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