Murder In Mercy
It was very surprising that Mrs. Song had died unexpectedly—although she’d been through the wringer, poor thing, what with her terrible luck in picking husbands. Officer Gabriel suspected there might be a murder afoot, but they hadn’t the whisper of a suspect—it was one of those locked-room mysteries. It all just went to show that having tons of money didn’t matter much, when it came to life’s burdens; faith, in a way, it was almost Biblical. . .
A Dubious Prospect
Robert Tremaine—lately of his majesty’s diplomatic service—was fast running out of money and options, and unless he turned his luck around, his prospects were rather bleak; he’d no job and was too ashamed to seek help from his former cohorts in the service.
Therefore, he’d staked everything he had to purchase a remote homestead in the southern Spanish mountains—an abandoned property he’d once visited during the Peninsular War. It was a gamble, but his family had been Welsh miners for generations and he’d the strong feeling that the land might yield a fortune in gold—and his one chance at redemption.
It wouldn’t be easy, of course; he’d have to shed some bad habits—and figure out a way to shed the foreign woman who seemed to believe the land belonged to her. . .
