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Amory Ames

Cette série transporte les lecteurs dans le monde glamour d'une jeune femme fortunée de l'Angleterre des années 1930. Tout en gérant les défis de son mariage, elle se retrouve à démêler des mystères de meurtres dans des milieux de la haute société. Chaque épisode plonge dans des affaires intrigantes, mettant en scène des personnages excentriques de la haute classe et les complexités de sa propre relation.

A Dangerous Engagement
An Act of Villainy
The Essence of Malice
A Most Novel Revenge
Death Wears a Mask
Murder at the Brightwell

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  1. Murder at the Brightwell

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    A delicious mystery in which murder invades polite society and romance springs in unexpected places.

    Murder at the Brightwell1
    3,8
  2. Death Wears a Mask

    • 384pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    Amory Ames is looking forward to a reconnecting with reformed playboy husband Milo, yet she agrees to help lay a trap to catch the culprit at a lavish masked ball. When one of the illustrious party guests is murdered, Amory is pulled back into the world of detection, enlisted by old ally Detective Inspector Jones.

    Death Wears a Mask2
    3,9
  3. A Most Novel Revenge

    • 350pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    February 1933. Receiving a mysterious summons from her cousin Laurel, Amory Ames and her playboy husband Milo, set off for the Lyonsgate estate post- haste. Mystery lingers and Amory is sure that the notorious Isobel Van Allen stands at the centre of it.

    A Most Novel Revenge3
    4,0
  4. When Milo Ames receives a troubling letter from his childhood nanny, he and Amory travel to Paris where they are soon embroiled in a mystery surrounding the death of a famous parfumier. When secrets unfold and things take a dangerous turn, Amory and Milo must uncover the essence of the matter and catch a killer before the scent goes cold.

    The Essence of Malice4
    3,8
  5. An Act of Villainy

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    When old friends Gerard Holloway and his wife invite Amory Ames and her husband Milo to the dress rehearsal of Gerard's new play, Amory readily accepts. But she is shocked to learn that he has cast his mistress Flora in the lead role. Furthermore, Flora has been receiving threatening letters, and he needs their help in finding the sender.

    An Act of Villainy5
    4,3
  6. A Dangerous Engagement

    • 384pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    Amory Ames is excited to be bridesmaid at her friend's New York wedding. But when a guest is found dead, Amory and husband Milo are drawn into New York's criminal underworld as they search for the killer.

    A Dangerous Engagement6
    3,8
  7. A Deception at Thornecrest

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    With her husband away on business, Amory Ames is alone at her country house Thornecrest, preparing for the arrival of their baby. When a woman appears also claiming to be Milo's wife, Amory is sure there must be a mistake, but with secret identities, whirlwind romances, and a murder, suddenly events are spiralling out of control.

    A Deception at Thornecrest7
    4,2