Dangerous to Know: A Novel of Suspense

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St. Martin's Publishing Group, Oct 26, 2010 - Fiction - 320 pages

Set in the lush countryside of Normandy, France, this new novel of suspense featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves is filled with intrigue, romance, mysterious deaths, and madness.

Returning from her honeymoon with Colin Hargreaves and a near brush with death in Constantinople, Lady Emily convalesces at her mother-in-law's beautiful estate in Normandy. But the calm she so desperately seeks is shattered when, out riding a horse, she comes upon the body of a young woman who has been brutally murdered. The girl's wounds are identical to those inflicted on the victims of Jack the Ripper, who has wreaked havoc across the channel in London. Emily feels a connection to the young woman and is determined to bring the killer to justice.

Pursuing a trail of clues and victims to the beautiful medieval city of Rouen and a crumbling chateau in the country, Emily begins to worry about her own sanity: she hears the cries of a little girl she cannot find and discovers blue ribbons left in the child's wake. As Emily is forced to match wits with a brilliant and manipulative killer, only her courage, keen instincts and formidable will to win can help her escape becoming his next victim.

 

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Contents

Chapter One
1
Chapter Two
9
Chapter Three
21
Chapter Four
32
Chapter Five
40
Chapter Six
50
Chapter Seven
61
Chapter Eight
69
Chapter Eighteen
164
Chapter Nineteen
175
Chapter Twenty
182
Chapter TwentyOne
190
Chapter TwentyTwo
198
Chapter TwentyThree
205
Chapter TwentyFour
217
Chapter TwentyFive
226

Chapter Nine
81
Chapter Ten
92
Chapter Eleven
102
Chapter Twelve
114
Chapter Thirteen
119
Chapter Fourteen
125
Chapter Fifteen
137
Chapter Sixteen
149
Chapter Seventeen
157
Chapter TwentySix
236
Chapter TwentySeven
241
Chapter TwentyEight
250
Chapter TwentyNine
261
Chapter Thirty
271
Chapter ThirtyOne
282
Chapter ThirtyTwo
291
Chapter ThirtyThree
297
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About the author (2010)

Tasha Alexander is the author of the Lady Emily novels, a series of historical suspense, including Tears of Pearl and A Crimson Warning. She attended the University of Notre Dame, where she signed on as an English major in order to have a legitimate excuse for spending all her time reading. She and her husband, novelist Andrew Grant, divide their time between Chicago and the UK.

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