Book description
A missing family heirloom – and one of the family stole it.
In the spring of 1812, Piers Withan is dragged from his beloved Oxford to be the new Viscount Petteril. Burdened by responsibilities he doesn’t want and the remnants of a family who don’t want him, he is saved…
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1 author picked Petteril's Thief as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Proper English—who needs it? Certainly not Ape, the London urchin who stole my heart in this gentle historical mystery.
I just love the lingo in this book: "He's all mild and polite, then turns up damned handy with his fives. That was quite a wisty caster!" Ape grinned at the memory. "Man of parts, his lordship."
His lordship is Piers, Lord Petteril, and both he and Ape are delightfully mysterious and unconventional characters for a Regency-set tale. Together, the two mismatched protagonists manage to solve a mystery (not murder, but theft) and incidentally discover a lot about themselves in the…
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