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It all starts innocently enough when Lord Charles Sheridan and his wife, Kate go to Epsom Downs to watch ther Derby and do some of the earliest „photo finish¾ technology. The day ends in tragedy however when a horse runs out of control and the jockey is killed. Lord Charles is asked to investigate and what seems like a fairly straight forward situation gets more and more complicated as greed, politics and intrigue of the Victorian racing world and high society weave in and out of the story. While Lord Charles is investigating, Kate is interviewing the famous Lilly Langtry for an article in the Strand. Lilly Langtry was the reigning beauty of her day and traded on that beauty to have a career as an actress and a sometime mistress of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). At the time of this book her legendary beauty is somewhat fading as she reaches her 50¼s and she is looking for the security of a second marriage into the titled nobility. As Kate is looking for information for her article, Lilly is trying to persuade Kate to have one of her earlier novels adapted to the stage so she, Lilly, can star in it. The twists and turns in this novel are delightful and keep you guessing as to what direction the finger of suspicion will point next.
Reviewed by Lois Lew, February 2002
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