A Cavalier Approach to Murder By Sarah Waldock
A cavalier approach to murdering
Colonel Hazael Vullamy Parliamentarian is sent to be billeted on the Baron de Curtney near Bungay to depress any Royalist endeavour following the execution of King Charles I He is disconcerted to find the baron away from home and that he was to be billeted on the baron s spirited and outspoken younger sister who is far too pretty for his comfort.
A cavalier approach to murderation Lydia de Curtney is none too pleased to have an enemy Parliamentarian and his officers wished on her and her ailing mother but Hazael is disturbingly attractive Lydia has allies in the persons of youthful friends and sometime suitors whom she invites to leaven the lump of Puritan soldiery What might have been a situation of two separate households is disrupted when one of Hazael s officers is brutally murdered overnight and Lydia and Hazael must work together to uncover the murderer Lydia needs to demonstrate that there was no political motive for the very survival of her family and home and the initial attraction between her and the colonel deepens Other complications arise from the expectations of third parties and Lydia finds herself in real danger A Cavalier Approach to Murder
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