02783cam a2200361 i 4500 1164376775 TxAuBib 20150313120000.0 140707s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780992278953 pbk. 0992278953 pbk. (OCoLC)882936802 DPL eng rda DPL DPL UOK TxAuBib rda Laurens, Stephanie, author. The curious case of Lady Latimer's shoes / Stephanie Laurens. Victoria, Australia : Savdek Management Pty. Ltd., 2014. 204 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier casebook of Barnaby Adair novel, A Includes excerpt from the author's book: Loving Rose. "With her husband, amateur-sleuth the Honorable Barnaby Adair, decidedly eccentric fashionable matron Penelope Adair is attending the premier event opening the haut ton's Season when a body is discovered in the gardens. A lady has been struck down with a finial from the terrace balustrade. Her family is present, as are the cream of the haut ton--the shocked hosts turn to Barnaby and Penelope for help. Barnaby calls in Inspector Basil Stokes and they begin their investigation. Penelope assists by learning all she can about the victim's family, and uncovers a feud between them and the Latimers over the fabulous shoes known as Lady Latimer's shoes, currently exclusive to the Latimers. The deeper Penelope delves, the more convinced she becomes that the murder is somehow connected to the shoes. She conscripts Griselda, Stokes's wife, and Violet Montague, now Penelope's secretary, and the trio set out to learn all they can about the people involved, and most importantly the shoes, a direction vindicated when unexpected witnesses report seeing a lady fleeing the scene--wearing Lady Latimer's shoes. But nothing is as it seems, and the more Penelope and her friends learn about the shoes, conundrums abound, compounded by a Romeo-and-Juliet romance and escalating social pressure, until at last the pieces fall into place, and finally understanding what has occurred, the six intrepid investigators race to prevent an even worse tragedy."--Page [4] of cover. 20150313. Aristocracy (Social class) England Fiction. Criminal investigation England London 19th century Fiction. Shoes Fiction. London (England) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Regency fiction. Love stories. A casebook of Barnaby Adair novel. TXKIP