Alessia Gazzola
Publisher:
Longanesi
Release Date:
14-01-2025
Derbyshire, December 1924. It is a cold Christmas at Alconbury Hall, the country residence of the noble Lennox family. So cold that even generous doses of sherry fail to warm the mind and heart of Lady Millicent Carmichael, as she dictates her unseemly memoirs to her new secretary. And yet, the young improvised secretary, who answers to the name of Beatrice Bernabò known as Miss Bee, could not have a warmer, indeed, a more incandescent heart and mind. Perhaps this is due to the splendid atmosphere of Alconbury Hall, with its crackling fireplaces, its elevating dinners, and the singular and cheerful British traditions to be honoured. Most probably due to the Viscount, the charming Julian Lennox. Nor should the eccentric group of guests be overlooked, starting with the gloomy Alexander, Julian’s cousin with Russian ancestry, unbearably handsome but with a dark and anxious air, a real winter prince.
Beatrice, however, is still unable to grasp the undercurrent of tensions that runs through that perturbing Christmas atmosphere. Tensions that will soon lead to events of increasing seriousness: a theft, an attempted murder, a disappearance… Will Miss Bee manage to get to the bottom of the unpredictable and dangerous enigma?