A Useful Woman

by Darcie Wilde

Overview

Inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, this new mystery series set in 19th-century London introduces the charming and resourceful Rosalind Thorne, a woman privy to the secrets of high society—including who among the ton is capable of murder...
 
The daughter of a baronet and minor heiress, Rosalind Thorne was nearly ruined after her father abandoned the family. To survive in the only world she knew, she began to manage the affairs of some of London society’s most influential women, who have come to rely on her wit and discretion.
 
So, when artistocratic wastrel Jasper Aimesworth is found dead in London’s most exclusive ballroom, Almack’s, Rosalind must use her skills and connections to uncover the killer from a list of suspects that includes Almack’s powerful patronesses and her former suitor Devon Winterbourne, now Lord Casselmaine.
 
Torn between her old love and a growing attraction to a compelling Bow Street runner, Rosalind must not only unravel the mysteries surrounding Jasper’s death, but the mysteries of her own heart as well...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425282373
Publisher:	Temple Publications International, Inc.
Publication date:	05/03/2016
Series:	A Rosalind Thorne Mystery Series , #1
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	153,361
Product dimensions:	5.19(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

Darcie Wilde is a pseudonym for Sarah Zettel, author of mysteries, science fiction, romance and Young Adult fiction, including the New York Times Notable Book Fool’s War. She also writes under the names C. L. Anderson and Marissa Day.

Table of Contents

Part I. Responding to an Incident

Mass Casualty Events: Lessons Learned

Bonnie L. Smoak and James A. Geiling

Hospital Preparation and Response to an Incident

James A. Geiling

Physician Recognition of Bioterrorism-Related Diseases

Kevin Yeskey and Stephen A. Morse

Introduction to Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, and Radiological Weapons: With a Review of Their Historical Use

Clinton K. Murray

Part II. Biological Agents

Anthrax

Steven J. Durning and Michael J. Roy

Plague, Jennifer C. Thompson. Tularemia

Christian F. Ockenhouse

Brucellosis

David L. Hoover

Q Fever

R. Scott Miller

Melioidosis and Glanders,

Aileen M. Marty

Botulinum Toxins

Naomi E. Aronson

Ricin Toxin

Glenn Wortmann

Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B

David L. Blazes

Mycotoxins

Duane R. Hospenthal

Smallpox

James V. Lawler and Timothy H. Burgess

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Thomas W. Geisbert, Aileen M. Marty, and Peter B. Jahrling

Viral Encephalitides

Niranjan Kanesa-thasan

Part III. Chemical Agents

Pulmonary Toxic Agents

Rafael E. Padilla

Cyanide

Steven I. Baskin, Jonathan S. Kurche, and Beverly I. Maliner

Vesicants

Edward Lucci

Nerve Agents

Jonathan Newmark

Incapacitating Agents

Sage W. Wiener and Lewis S. Nelson

Riot Control Agents

Richard J. Thomas and Philip A. Smith

Part IV. Additional Considerations

Radiation Effects

Vijay K. Singh and Thomas M. Seed

Explosives

John M. Wightman and Barry A. Wayne

Psychological Impact of Terrorist Incidents

Timothy J. Lacy and David M. Benedek

Conclusions

Michael J. Roy

Index

Editorial Reviews

03/28/2016
Rosalind Thorne, the protagonist of this impressive first in a new Regency series from Wilde (Lord of the Rakes), lost everything when she and her mother were abandoned by her profligate father. Yet the resourceful Rosalind has managed to maintain a place on the fringes of society, becoming a “useful woman” to the fashionable ladies of London by helping manage their love affairs. When libertine Jasper Aimesworth is found dead on the floor of Almack’s Assembly Rooms, Rosalind is approached by Adam Harkness, a Bow Street runner, to help him look into the matter. Rosalind discovers suspicious entanglements between Jasper and people she cares for, including a former beau of hers, Devon Winterborne, Duke of Casselmaine. Wilde brings the haute monde of early 19th-century London to vivid life, and the characters she peoples it with are complex individuals whose basic decency, or lack of it, is carefully hidden behind a facade of manners and propriety. Agent: Shawna McCarthy, McCarthy Literary. (May)

Publishers Weekly

Clever and witty. Wilde artfully portrays Regency London, from its ballrooms to Bow Street, in all its glory and hypocrisy, and provides readers with a heroine worthy of our attention. With its colorful cast and scandalous intrigue, A Useful Woman would surely have set the famed patronesses of Almack’s atwitter.”—Anna Lee Huber, national bestselling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries
 
“Well-drawn characters and a perfect plot make this historical mystery a winner.”—Nancy Haddock, national bestselling author of Basket Case

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