Tracy Grant

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.

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, 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.

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.

London, 1820. Britain and Continental Europe teeter on the edge of upheaval, but Mélanie Rannoch tells herself shes left behind the dangers of the spy game and the sometimes equally-perilous intrigues of London society as she prepares for the premiere of her first play.Until her children stumble upon the body of the Hon. Lewis Thornsby in the wings of the Tavistock Theatre. Suddenly, Melanie and her husband, Malcolm, plunge into an investigation that cuts closer to their former life of espionage than they would have thought possible. Thornsby, a seemingly guileless young man about town, was part of the Levellers, a secret group of reformers whose leader is a friend of the Rannochs. A paper on Thornsbys body hints at a plot to assassinate a member of the royal family.Was Thornsby the would-be assassin or was he killed because he had learned too much? Is the plot genuine or an attempt to entrap and discredit the Levellers? As their investigation takes them from gin-soaked Covent Garden alleys to Mayfair drawing rooms, the Rannochs learn Lewis Thornsby was not at all what he seemed. Whether his death is tied to the assassination, the pretty young actress he was willing to give up his fortune for, or his unexpected links to the Continent, someone was very determined he take his secrets to the grave. And if Melanie and Malcolm cant uncover those secrets, their fate (along with that of their closest friends and Britain itself) may be in deadly peril.

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

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...

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.

Mayfairs latest scandal sets Regency Londons former power couple — and spies -- Malcolm and Mélanie Rannoch on a perilous new adventure.London, March 1821. Ralph Allam, a barkeep and thief from Londo

"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.

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

A Malcolm & Suzanne Rannoch Historical Mystery 13 The secrets of Suzanne Rannochs scandalous past have forced Suzanne and her husband Malcolm also a spy to flee Londons intrigues and ballrooms. Suzanne fears they will go mad from boredom in their gilded refuge on Lake Como. But before they even reach the villa, they are attacked by bandits who think the Rannochs possess a mysterious treasure. Are their past deeds catching up with them or were they mistaken for someone else? As they settle in at the lake, they encounter Italian revolutionaries, gun smugglers, an English nobleman living in self-imposed exile with a beautiful contessa, and Lord Byron and Percy and Mary Shelley, who have their own reasons for fleeing Britain. The exquisite beauty of the villas and gardens holds layers of deceit, tied to the very enemies the Rannochs sought to escape. When a golden afternoon on the lake turns crimson with murder, Malcolm and Suzanne realize that boredom is the least of their concernsbut they may have to fear for their lives and the lives of those closest to them... "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...

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

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

On a moonlit London night, Suzanne Rannoch slips away from a glittering Mayfair party to assist a wounded man who has escaped Paris one step ahead of Royalist pursuit. In fever-wracked delirium, the man warns Suzanne of a plot to rescue Napoleon Bonapartea plot that could bring chaos to Suzannes world, for though now married to the grandson of a British duke, she was once an agent for BonaparteBefore she can ask more questions, the mysterious man disappears into the London night. That same evening, Suzannes husband Malcolm, himself a former spy for Britain, is summoned to the warehouse of a shipping company where a thief has been knifed to death. Beside the body is a secret compartment, but whatever the compartment contained is gone. These two seemingly unconnected incidents prove to be the opening gambit in a deadly game that will test the Rannochs skill, strain their divided loyalties to Britain and France, and entangle not only fellow agents and spymasters, but their friends and family. The stakes are their security, their marriage, their very lives. "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 diplomatic scandal. An escape over the rooftops. Charges of treason. Just a normal night out for Regency Londons most elegant spies Mélanie and Malcolm Rannoch. For aristocratic former spies Mélanie and Malcolm Rannoch, an attempt to steal incriminating documents is a normal evening out in Mayfair. The Napoleonic Wars taught the Rannochs to be prepared for the unexpected. But it seems theyve acquired a lethal new enemy who not only snagged the papers ahead of them, but has been amassing information to blackmail them and their dearest friends. Suddenly their mission turns far more dangerous. Theyre no longer just working to avert a diplomatic scandal. They are trying to protect those closest to them from arrest and imprisonment. Melanie and Malcolm hatch a dangerous plot to outwit their enemy on a royal night at the opera, with the king in attendance. But in candlelit salons its difficult to tell allies from enemies. And if they fail, it is the Rannochs themselves who could be facing charges of treason...

Former spies Malcolm and Mélanie Suzanne Rannoch return to Dunmykel Castle in Scotland in response to a secret summons from Malcolms grandfather, the Duke of Strathdon. The duke has a plan that will allow the Rannochs to resume their former life in Britain. Malcolm, worried that Melanie could face treason charges for her past as a French spy, wants nothing more than to take his family safely back to Italy. But when Malcolms sister Gisele disappears from Dunmykel, Malcolm instead find himself doing the one thing he didnt want to dorisking a return to London in search of his missing sister. Meanwhile in Scotland, Melanie uncovers information that connects her own shadowy past with Giseles disappearance, which sends Melanie off on a quest of her own. As they unravel the tangled threads, Malcolm and Melanie learn Giseles disappearance is part of a dangerous game involving two old enemies and the highest reaches of Britains government. The stakes rise still higher when one of their enemies is arrested for murder. From snowy Scotland to glittering Mayfair drawing rooms and the stews of St. Giles, the Rannochs unearth a conspiracy that could topple kingsand shake their family to the core "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

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