Death at the Assembly Rooms (Elizabeth & Darcy Regency Mystery #2)
Louisa Fenwick
Death in the Assembly Rooms is the second novel in the Elizabeth & Darcy Regency Mystery Series.
Bath’s glittering Season has resumed — but beneath the chandeliers, something has gone terribly wrong.
When a young woman dies during an elegant evening at the Assembly Rooms, society is quick to reassure itself. The death is regrettable. Unfortunate. Best forgotten. After all, order must be preserved.
Elizabeth Bennet is not so easily persuaded.
As whispers replace questions and silence settles where inquiry should be, Elizabeth begins to see what Bath truly protects — and who it is willing to sacrifice to do so. With the reluctant assistance of the reserved and observant Mr. Darcy, she follows a trail that leads not to open villainy, but to something far more dangerous: respectability, power, and quiet complicity.
The truth, when it emerges, offers no triumph. Justice is partial. Consequences are carefully contained. And the cost of knowing is higher than Elizabeth ever expected.
As the Season presses on and scrutiny sharpens, Elizabeth must decide what she is willing to risk — her reputation, her safety, and perhaps her heart — in a world that rewards silence and punishes those who speak too clearly.
Because in Bath, murder is not always the greatest crime.
Sometimes, it is remembering.
