Author:
Alessia Gazzola
Publisher:
Longanesi
Release Date:
18-03-2025
London, 1925. In order to prevent her from causing further trouble, Leonida Bernabò finally found the ideal accommodation for his vivacious and wild second daughter Beatrice: a solid job at the Italian embassy.
Miss Bee thus finds herself juggling secretarial duties and prestigious events, such as a reception in honour of a delegation from Florence, the Bernabòs’ hometown. The Uffizi director and his archaeologist colleague are welcomed together with Edoardo, the Italian ambassador’s son, and his fiancée, Elisa. Viscount Julian Lennox – towards whom Beatrice still has more overwhelming feelings than she would like – and his betrothed Lady Octavia are not missing either.But in the following days and especially nights, strange and frightening phenomena happen in the embassy: sudden noises, whispers in the dark and disturbing presences. The only explanation seems the most implausible: a ghost. Things get worse, however, so much so that the police have to intervene in the person of Chief Inspector Archer Blackburn, an old and intriguing acquaintance of Beatrice. But does the ghost of the embassy really exist? Or is some far more concrete and threatening force of nature at work? Between love and trembling, it is up to Miss Bee to find out.