Murder of Thomas Cardwell

Number one New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a perplexing case in which her favorite sleuths must untangle a web of interconnected motives to identify the man who killed Thomas Cardwell.When Thomas Cardwell, an upstanding man-of-business, is murdered, Roscoe enlists the aid of the best investigators in Londona "e;namely Barnaby and Penelope Adair and Inspector Stokes of Scotland Yarda "e;to solve the puzzle of why anyone would want to kill a man as honest as Cardwell.Dispatched by Roscoe, Londons gambling king, to learn what a nefarious activitya an upstanding man-of-business has stumbled upon, Jordan Drapera "e;Roscoes own man-of-businessa "e;arrives at Thomas Cardwells office to discover Cardwell very recently murdered.Soon, Jordan finds himself working alongside the Adairs and Inspector Stokes as they search for clues as to why anyone would kill a man as unthreatening as Cardwell. Unexpectedly, Jordan finds himself drawn to Cardwells family, especially Thomass sister, Ruth, and as the investigation progresses, the greater Jordans compulsion to find the murderer and bring the family resolution and respite grows.Clue by clue, motive by surprising motive, the investigators seek to identify Cardwells murderer and, along the way, uncover the a nefarious activitya hed sought to bring to the authorities attention. But in a case cluttered with intertwined motives and a web of potential suspects related to each other as well as the victim, finding the kernel of truth amid the chaff is no easy matter. Only through enlisting the help of the investigators wider circle of supporters do they make any headway, and on the heels of uncovering a cascade of crimes, they finallya "e;finallya "e;close in on the man who murdered Thomas Cardwell.