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Miriam Challoner's fortune supports a marriage that has become a source of private distress and public gossip. Her husband's reckless conduct draws comment throughout their fashionable circle, while she struggles with the blame that society may place on a wife. William Hamilton Osborne opens this mystery romance among wealthy households, club conversations and motorcars, making money and reputation immediate sources of pressure.
The legal scenes bring Miriam into a tense dispute with the prosecutor Murgatroyd over an agreement concerning her husband's freedom. Their exchange turns on secrecy, trust and the difference between a promise and its timing. With a lawyer preparing charges against the prosecutor, personal loyalty becomes entangled with public authority. Readers interested in mysteries shaped by social position will find a story whose suspense grows from uneasy bargains as well as the conduct of a troubled household.
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- Author
- William Hamilton Osborne
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 187
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Romance Books
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