In May, 1899, a hundred and fifty unassuming envelopes are delivered to households across the city. Most of them will be picked up by butlers and carried on silver trays to their recipients. All of them contain invitations to the wedding of Lady Eleanor Serrs to Mr. Ryce Penn. When the newspapers hear about it, they start buzzing. Who can blame them? This would be the wedding of the century! SheΓÇÖs the daughter of Duke Erravold Aubrey-Serrs, and the Marvelous Mr. Penn is one of the most famous...
In May, 1899, a hundred and fifty unassuming envelopes are delivered to households across the city. Most of them will be picked up by butlers and carried on silver trays to their recipients. All of them contain invitations to the wedding of Lady Eleanor Serrs to Mr. Ryce Penn. When the newspapers hear about it, they start buzzing. Who can blame them? This would be the wedding of the century! SheΓÇÖs the daughter of Duke Erravold Aubrey-Serrs, and the Marvelous Mr. Penn is one of the most famous men in the country. But Penn is famous for being the cityΓÇÖs most notorious thief. HeΓÇÖs an unrepentant attention-seeker with a taste for gems and danger. And Eleanor swears that sheΓÇÖs never met him. Chief Inspector Lucas Haley, PennΓÇÖs long-time nemesis, is called in to protect the Aubrey-Serrs family and try to figure out what the master thief is planning. HeΓÇÖll need all his experience and tenacity for this case, as it quickly becomes obvious more is at stake than the reputation of an innocent woman.
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