When Darius Audley is consigned to join the Leicestershire group of the Star Elite, he faces a different future than the one he had always expected to have. He has spent most of his life on the streets of London. Empty fields and miles of countryside belong in a world that is completely alien to him, but Darius knows that remaining in London will bring about his downfall. He has come too close to death on too many occasions to fail to understand that if he doesn’t want to die in the street like some pauper, he must make changes in his life and start again somewhere new. So, when Sir Hugo offers him the chance to relocate to Leicestershire, Darius is more than happy to accept.
What he doesn’t expect is to find himself embroiled in his first Star Elite investigation before he has even unpacked his bag. But Darius isn’t a man to refuse to help a lady in distress. A good deed quickly turns sour, though, when Darius is plunged into a complex web of mysteries that make him doubt everyone in Badger's Wreake.
Darius has to find out who is thieving from the elderly while trying to adapt to a completely alien environment in the country. But one thing is for definite, he is not the kind of man to back away from a challenge. He soon realises that his new future will be far happier than he ever imagined it could be so long as he can persuade Beatrix to take a chance on him. But will his past thwart his dreams for the future?
Genre: Historical Mystery
What he doesn’t expect is to find himself embroiled in his first Star Elite investigation before he has even unpacked his bag. But Darius isn’t a man to refuse to help a lady in distress. A good deed quickly turns sour, though, when Darius is plunged into a complex web of mysteries that make him doubt everyone in Badger's Wreake.
Darius has to find out who is thieving from the elderly while trying to adapt to a completely alien environment in the country. But one thing is for definite, he is not the kind of man to back away from a challenge. He soon realises that his new future will be far happier than he ever imagined it could be so long as he can persuade Beatrix to take a chance on him. But will his past thwart his dreams for the future?
Genre: Historical Mystery
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