The Unaccompanied Widow

Lady Adelaide is on her own... In Edwardian Britain, Lady Adelaide Azalea Margaret de Morville, Mrs. Hugh Becket, continues her work for William Melville, spymaster. Adele accompanies King Edward and Queen Alexandra to Dublin where the King will attend the Irish International Exhibition. Events go awry even before they depart England, for the Irish Crown Jewels are stolen and King Edward takes the theft as a personal insult to the Crown. Then the renown Irish MP, Eilish Slane, who is a personal friend of the King's, is found murdered in a Dublin hotel. Adel attempts to investigate while navigating the shoals of the King's temper, the actions of Irish Nationalists, the provocations of the British and Irish press, and the prejudices of men everywhere. And she must work alone, for Melville and his cohorts remain in England... This novelette is the third in the Adelaide Becket Edwardian espionage series. 1: The Requisite Courage 2: The Rosewater Debutante 3: The Unaccompanied Widow ...and more to come. A historical suspense espionage novelette. ___ Praise for the Adelaide Becket series: Tracy takes you again back in time to an era you could only imagine about but brings it in vivid color through her story A delightful game of cat and mouse I thoroughly enjoyed this magnificent first in series book!! The writing style is easy to read and the plot COMPLETELY unpredictable!! It was a marvelous escape from reality Breathtaking start to a fantastic new series by Tracy Cooper-Posey. Succinct and yet rich in the details that create historical immersion and scenes I found easy to imagine being a part. I loooove good quality writing and I love a new series like a junkie. Just give it a try, you won't be disappointed! ____ Tracy Cooper-Posey is a #1 Best Selling Author. She writes historical fiction and romantic thrillers. She has published over 120 books since 1999, been nominated for five CAPAs including Favourite Author, and won the Emma Darcy Award. She turned to indie publishing in 2011. Her indie titles have been nominated four times for Book Of The Year. Tracy won the award in 2012, and a SFR Galaxy Award in 2016 for Most Intriguing Philosophical/Social Science Questions in Galaxybuilding She has been a national magazine editor and for a decade she taught genre fiction writing at MacEwan University. She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together. In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, science fiction and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian Canadian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line.