Tracy Grant

Londres, 1819. Colin, el hijo del matrimonio formado por Charles, un prominente político, y Mélanie Fraser, es secuestrado para conseguir a cambio el anillo de Carevalo, una antigua y valiosa joya que según cuenta la leyenda le otorga el poder a quien la posea. Para Charles y Mélanie comienza así una desesperada carrera contrarreloj para recuperar el anillo que una vez tuvieron en sus manos, y con él a su hijo. Pero la tarea es difícil y está llena de trampas, intentos de asesinato, mentiras y revelaciones sorprendentes que amenazan con destruir la relación de la pareja.

Londres, 1817. La paz reina en Europa. Charles y Melanie Fraser, que se conocieron en la guerra de Independencia española, han cambiado sus aventuras bélicas por la elegante aristocracia británica. Pero la muerte de un antiguo compañero de armas les pone sobre la pista de una misteriosa sociedad llamada La Liga de Elsinore...

Londres, 1817. Tras la derrota de Napoleón, la paz vuelve a reinar en Europa. Charles y Mélanie Fraser, que se conocieron en la guerra de Independencia española, han cambiado sus aventuras bélicas por la elegante aristocracia britanica. Sin embargo, la muerte de Francisco Soro, un antiguo compañero de armas, les pone sobre la pista de una misteriosa sociedad llamada la Liga de Elsinore. Las ultimas palabras de este relacionan a la Liga con el padre de Charles, a cuya boda con la joven Honoria Talbot acude la pareja. Todos se veran involucrados al aparecer asesinada la novia... Tracy Grant estudio Historia Britanica en la Universidad de Stanford. Su primera novela, El anillo de Carevalo, constituyo el deslumbrante debut de las aventuras de Charles y Melanie Fraser, continuadas ahora en Bajo una luna misteriosa.

En el Londres de 1819, una valiosa joya con poderes sobrenaturales desata una épica historia, plagada de suspense, asesinatos, espionaje y oscuros secretos... El matrimonio formado por Charles y Mélanie Fraser debe enfrentarse al secuestro de su hijo Colin, en una odisea que pondra a prueba su amor y su vida en comun... Un thriller de espionaje que, al mismo tiempo, es un fiel retrato de la sociedad londinense de la epoca napoleonica.

In post-Regency London, dynamic former spies Malcolm Rannoch and his elegant wife Mélanie chase devastating secrets tied to the scandalous royal divorce trial. London, October 1820. Queen Carolines divorce trial makes the House of Lords as crowded as a London ballroombut far more deadly, as Melanie discovers when she literally stumbles over a body while threading her way through the crush. More shockingly, she recognizes the victim as her friend Cordelia Davenports former lover, George Chase, who recently fled England in disgrace. Melanie is unable to save him but hears him say "Cordelia" with his dying breath. No one knows why George returned to England. But just before he was killed, he was trying to get a message to the prime minister saying he had vital information about the royal divorce.Melanie and Malcolm plunge into an investigation that could shatter the lives of their closest friends and topple the British government. From hushed Whitehall council rooms to gin-soaked Covent Garden taverns, exclusive St. Jamess clubs, and Mayfair masquerade balls, they follow a twisting trail of family secrets and royal intrigue. As former spies, they expect the unexpected. But nothing has prepared them for a cascade of revelations that forces them to question everything they knowincluding their own future.

A Malcolm & Suzanne Rannoch Mystery In the elegant environs of Mayfair, Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch live a seemingly charmed life. Malcolm, a former diplomatic attaché and intelligence agent, is

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the life of a former spy cannot remain quiet for long.London, December 1820. Former spies Malcolm and Mélanie Rannoch are hosting a small party and looking forward to an intrigue-free holiday season when their friend, Thomas Thornsby, turns up dripping wet on the doorstep of their Berkeley Square house.Not only is Thomas clearly overwrought, his arrival is particularly awkward. Thomas is newly betrothed to an heiress. Edith Simmons, the woman he wished to marry if not for lack of fortune is one of the Rannochs guests that evening. But Thomas says he had no one else to turn to. His fiancee, the decorous Marianne Schofield, has vanished without a trace from a Mayfair holiday ball.Always willing to help a friend, the Rannochs don evening attire and join the elegant gathering. Amidst the holiday revelry they find that Thomass seemingly perfect betrothed has secrets of her own. As they uncover layers of mystery, Melanie and Malcolm realize some of the plots being hatched beneath the mistletoe may prove deadly.

A year and a half after entering her unusual marriage of convenience to British attaché and intelligence agent, Malcolm Rannoch, Suzanne Rannoch pays her first visit to her husbands home. England: the country her husband fled for reasons she does not fully understand; the country Suzanne has secretly spent the last five years fighting against as a French spy. The trip takes Suzanne and her husband to the heart of London societythe world Malcolm grew up in. A glamorous labyrinth of unwritten rules and unvoiced codes. Yet the glittering ballrooms of London are not free of the intrigues of the Napoleonic Wars. The search for stolen papers that could tip the international balance of power pits Malcolm and Suzanne against each other. Suzanne faces a stark choice between her loyalty to her cause and her love for the man she marriedin order to spy on him. "Shimmers like the finest salons in Vienna." Deborah Crombie "Meticulous, delightful, and full of surprises." Tasha Alexander "Glittering balls, deadly intrigue, sexual scandals. . .the next best thing to actually being there!"Lauren Willig"A superb storyteller."Deanna Raybourn

"Plot twists, complex characters, and an exquisitely researched historical settingwho could ask for anything more?" Lauren Willig, New York Times Bestselling Author"What a feast for the mystery and romance fan alike!" Romantic Times"Adventure, suspense, romance, passion, tragedy. Tracy Grant combines them all beautifully to form a compelling and expertly crafted story." The Best ReviewsThe task had taken shape thanks to the inconvenient way secrets had of bubbling to the surface. It went without saying that it was going to be difficult. But then, murder always wasThe London docks, 1817. Beneath a silent moon, a mysterious exile slips back into the city to complete a nefarious mission that began decades before.On that same night, Londons titled, wealthy and beautiful waltz the night away at Glenister House. Among the guests aristocratic Charles Fraser, a former spy recently returned from the Napoleonic Wars, and his bride Melanie, who has charmed London society but hides her own secrets. In the brilliance of Mayfair, a visitor from their past pulls Charles and Melanie back into the world of danger and espionage they thought they had left behind. But this time, the intrigues are rooted in Charless complex and troubled family. An assassination, a secret society, and the dangerous liaisons of the Fraser family lead Charles and Melanie from the glittering ballrooms and shadowy streets of London to the Fraser estate on the Scottish coast. This is a deadly game that could shake the fate of nations: but for Charles, the stakes are the lives of those he holds most dear, and the love of the enigmatic woman who shares his name...and his bed.

Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch have fled with their family from fog-drenched England to golden Tuscany as the secrets of Suzannes past unravel. On their way to their villa on Lake Como, they seek refuge with Suzannes friend, Hortense Bonaparte, daughter of the Empress Josephine, stepdaughter of Napoleon. The Rannochs arrive at Hortenses elegant chateau to find Hortense terrified and desperately in need of their services. And so, Suzanne and Malcolm find that even on the run from danger they are not done playing the spy gameor being drawn into intrigues that could affect the future of crowns and countries. "Shimmers like the finest salons in Vienna." Deborah Crombie"Meticulous, delightful, and full of surprises." Tasha Alexander"Glittering balls, deadly intrigue, sexual scandals. . .the next best thing to actually being there!" Lauren Willig"A superb storyteller." Deanna Raybourn

June 1820. Britains former prince regent, now George IV, is determined to divorce his estranged wife, Queen Caroline, and the coming trial is the talk of London, from Mayfair to Westminster to Seven Dials, dredging up scandalous details and pitting Whigs against Tories in a battle for power. When former spies Malcolm and Melanie Rannoch learn their enemies in the mysterious Elsinore League are trying to sell letters that could prove key at the trial, the Rannochs are determined to intercept these vital papers before they can be used against Queen Caroline.The exchange is to take place in the candlelit splendor of Carfax House, at the first ball Malcolm and Melanies friends Julien and Kitty are giving in their new roles as Lord and Lady Carfax. But Malcolm and Melanie arent the only ones determined to intercept the letters. Amidst a night of champagne and waltzing, Melanie and Malcolm find themselves entrapped in an intrigue that may be as deadly as any they faced in the Napoleonic Wars...

London, 1821. Former spies Malcolm and Mélanie Rannoch have been friends with Bow Street runner Jeremy Roth since they all met in the intrigues of the Peninsular War. Now settled in London, they frequently collaborate. On a chilly night, an urgent summons from Roth takes Malcolm to a tavern in the slums of Seven Dials. He finds Roth standing over the body of a murdered woman. Malcolm offers his assistance with the case, but Roth says Malcolm must investigate alone. When Malcolm asks why, Roth repliesbecause this is my wife. Malcolm and Melanie plunge into the secrets of Roths estranged wife Allegra. Why did she disappear from England? Where has she been for five years? And why did she return now to the husband she abandoned? Their investigation is a race against time as another Bow Street runner is all too eager to arrest Roth for the murder. And though Malcolm and Melanie are both convinced Jeremy Roth is not a killer, his story keeps changing.Secrets are nothing new for the Rannochs. But this investigation will force them to question everything they thought they knew about some of those closest to them. And to re-examine the secrets at the heart of their own marriagebefore someone else they love falls victim...

Every spy has a past. But Mélanie Suzanne Rannoch is not prepared to meet her husband Malcolms past literally walking towards them across a candlelit Mayfair ballroom in the person of brilliant, stunning Katelina Ashford, Malcolms first love. Nor is she prepared to find that Kitty is a former agent herself, who has come to London seeking Malcolms help. Melanie, who misses her own past as a spy, always relishes the intrigue of espionage. But even as Kittys secret mission unsettles London society, it leaves Melanie questioning her own assumptions about the man whose name and bed she has shared for seven years.The quest that has brought Kitty to London began in Spain in the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars, but it stretches into some of Britains most powerful families. From the gritty bustle of Bow Street to the scandalous grottos of Vauxhall, the Rannochs find themselves involved in a search for a mysterious operative known as the Goshawk, a painting that holds the key to unraveling a long-buried secret history, and a fiendishly clever killer working very much in the present. But even as they try to keep the revelations from overturning vital alliances and smashing the lives of their closest friends, Melanie and Malcolm discover the greatest danger may be to their own personal alliance. "Shimmers like the finest salons in Vienna." Deborah Crombie"Meticulous, delightful, and full of surprises." Tasha Alexander"Glittering balls, deadly intrigue, sexual scandals. . .the next best thing to actually being there!" Lauren Willig"A superb storyteller." Deanna Raybourn

In dazzling Regency London, married spies Malcolm and Mélanie Rannoch find their most challenging investigation may be uncovering the secrets of the cunning spymaster who shaped both their destinies. Spymaster. Revolutionary. Master of disguise. Raoul ORoarke remains an enigma even to those closest to him. By the age of three, Malcolm Rannoch knew enough of Raouls life that he wondered if every goodbye would be their last. Thirty years later, Malcolm, now a spy himself, understands a great deal more, but in many ways Raoul is still a mystery. Malcolms wife and fellow agent Melanie has her own complicated relationship with Raoul, who was once her spymaster.When a contact at a dockside tavern warns the Rannochs that powerful forces want Raoul dead, Malcolm and Melanie are shaken to the core. Theyve barely had time to absorb the revelation when a nearby ship explodes. Rushing to help fight the ensuing fire, the Rannochs find the body of the powerful Duke of Bamford amid the charred wreckage.Bamford, a Tory diplomat and Raoul, a revolutionary, knew each other far better than anyone realized. Their unlikely alliance leads from the French Revolution through Napoleon and Josephines glamorous court to the glittering Congress of Vienna, and the horrors of Waterloo. The clues from their past hold the key to Bamfords murder. As Malcolm and Melanie connect the pieces, they find as many questions as answers. Raoul has even more secrets than either of them guessedsecrets they need to uncover to prevent his meeting the same fate as the duke. But the process may shake their relationships with him to the core. And their next goodbye could be their final parting.

In Regency London, an elopement is always fodder for gossip. But this time it may be cover for murderHarriet Roth, a bookish spinster, lives a quiet, unassuming life; Tristram Gresham, a noted composer and even more noted roue, flaunts his disreputable reputation. When the two of them disappear, the scandalous implications are obvious to Londons beau monde. But former spies Melanie and Malcolm Rannoch, who are friends of both Harriet and Gresham, are sure something more complicated than an elopement is afoot. Especially because Harriet and Gresham left behind the dead body of an infamous international assassin in Greshams fashionable bachelor rooms. How the missing couple were connected to the assassin is as puzzling as who killed him and what brought him to London in the first place.But neither the quiet Harriet nor the rakish Gresham is what they seemed. Both are harboring secrets that people will kill to uncover. Trying to help their missing friends, the Rannochs enter a deadly game that runs from Londons glamorous diplomatic community to the corridors of power in Westminster and Whitehall. Even Almacks exclusive assembly rooms hold deadly dangersand avoiding scandal suddenly seems less important than simply staying alive...

A dukes manor house party. Feuding spies. Stolen jewels. A ducal divorce. What could go wrong? An invitation to the country estate of the Duke of Bamford seems a welcome escape from London intrigues for former spies Malcolm and Melanie Rannoch. Theyve just survived one of their most challenging and personal investigations ever. But the ducal house party is not quite the bucolic idyll they hoped for. Anthony and Henrietta Southcott, Duke and Duchess of Bamford, plan to announce their shocking plans to divorce to their friends and grown children.The ensuing scandal alone is enough to shake the Regency beau monde, but stolen treasure from the English Civil War, a secret passage, and stolen papers from the far more recent Napoleonic Wars plunge the Rannochs right back into the dangers they thought they had left behind. Soon theyre racing to untangle a fiendish plot and prevent a disaster that would prove far more deadly than divorce

For former spies, even entertaining is fraught with danger. In April 1818, the London Season is in full swing, but the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars lingers. Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch are hosting their first ball since the revelations about Suzannes past that nearly destroyed their marriage. The Rannochs are just learning to trust each other again. But in the midst of the waltzing and champagne, old friends from the spy game slip in through the window of the Rannochs Berkeley Square house, bringing a message from Suzannes past. While their guests dance and flirt, Malcolm and Suzanne confront old dangers and new enemies that could upend their fragile peace. "Shimmers like the finest salons in Vienna."Deborah Crombie"Meticulous, delightful, and full of surprises." Tasha Alexander "Glittering balls, deadly intrigue, sexual scandals. . .the next best thing to actually being there!"Lauren Willig "A superb storyteller."Deanna Raybourn

Former spies Malcolm and Mélanie Suzanne Rannoch have fled Britain with their family to escape the exposure of Suzannes past as a French agent in the Napoleonic Wars. The news that Malcolms grandfather, the Duke of Strathdon, is dangerously ill makes them risk a secret voyage to Scotland in the depths of winter. But they arrive at the Rannoch castle on the Highland coast to find that all is not as expected. Dunmykel Castle holds dangerous mysteries beyond the sliding panel in the library, the hidden rooms, and the secret passage to the beach. As snow falls and the holiday season approaches, the Rannochs face smugglers and old enemies, and must race to uncover a deadly secret that could destroy their hard-won escape. "Shimmers like the finest salons in Vienna." Deborah Crombie"Meticulous, delightful, and full of surprises." Tasha Alexander"Glittering balls, deadly intrigue, sexual scandals. . .the next best thing to actually being there!" Lauren Willig"A superb storyteller." Deanna Raybourn

A Rannoch Fraser Mysteries novella October 1820. As London simmers over the scandalous royal divorce trial, a pistol shot aimed at the Duke of Wellingtons carriage shatters the peace of the autumn night. When Malcolm and Melanie Rannoch learn their friend Robby Simcox has been arrested for the crime, they are convinced it is a miscarriage of justice, but it will require all their resources as former spies to uncover the truth. The race against time to save Robby from the gallows takes the Rannochs across the breadth of London, from the slums of St. Giles to elegant Mayfair to lively Covent Garden, and to Wellingtons glittering home at Apsley House. But the culprit proves cleverly elusive. The consequences of their investigation could rip Robbys sister Bet from her aristocratic true loveand may also reveal secrets that threaten all Malcolm and Melanie hold dear...

The Rannoch Fraser Mysteries #18 London, December, 1819. After their recent adventures, former spies Malcolm and Mélanie Rannoch are looking forward to spending a quiet holiday season with friends and family. The greatest danger seems to be Melanies scandalous debut in a Christmas pantomime, which has shocked Mayfairs elite. But when an old friend smuggles a fugitive from the Continent into the theatre on opening night, the Rannochs find themselves facing both government agents and a mysterious assassin. As they infiltrate secret meetings, intercept coded documents, and reunite estranged lovers, they quickly realize nothing is quite what it seems. At least, as Melanie tells her husband, they are spending the holidays with those closest to themeven if they arent sure they can trust their nearest and dearest... "Shimmers like the finest salons in Vienna." Deborah Crombie"Glittering balls, deadly intrigue, sexual scandals. . .the next best thing to actually being there!" Lauren Willig"A superb storyteller." Deanna Raybourn