In Tasha Alexander's novel The Counterfeit Heiress, after an odd encounter at a grand masquerade ball, Lady Emily becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of one of the guests, a sometime actress trying to pass herself off as the mysterious heiress and world traveler Estella Lamar. Each small discovery, however, leads to more questions. Was the intended victim Miss Lamar or the imposter? And who would want either of them dead? As Emily and Colin try to make sense of all this, a larger puzzle begins to emerge: No one has actually seen Estella Lamar in years, since her only contact has been through letters and the occasional blurry news photograph. Is she even alive? Emily and Colin's investigation of this double mystery takes them from London to Paris, where, along with their friend Cécile, they must scour the darkest corners of the city in search of the truth.
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“Two
personable people, Colin and Emily Hargreaves, encounter some serious
scoundrels in the ninth mystery in the Lady Emily series. Thanks to Bianca
Amato’s exceptional performance, this engaging piece of fluff takes on the
necessary gravitas to keep listeners engaged. A woman posing as Estella Lamar,
an eccentric heiress who hasn’t been seen in years, is murdered, and the
Hargreaves are called upon to unravel a tangled web of deceit. Amato’s reading
heats up when delivering each flirtatious exchange between the elegant,
well-matched Hargreaves. She makes each voice unique, brings verisimilitude to
each event, and is completely convincing as the search for the real Estella
intensifies. Kidnapping, madness, unsavory characters, murder most foul—none
of it proves too much for Amato. A fun listen.”
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