Cyanide in the champagne. A family with deadly intentions... Can an undercover reporter reveal the truth before it's too late?
London, 1884. When reporter Penny Green is tasked with going undercover as a maid to spy on a Victorian industrialist in his South Kensington home, she expects intrigue. But she never imagined murder.
Then a young woman is found dead at her own birthday party, poisoned by cyanide in her champagne, Penny realises she's stumbled into something far more sinister than family squabbles.
With the help of Inspector James Blakely, Penny unravels a tangled web of secrets. But events escalate with a second suspicious death. Can Penny solve the mystery before her cover is blown? Or will her disguise as a humble maid be her undoing in this house of secrets?
A gripping Victorian mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end. The Maid's Secret is the next thrilling instalment in the bestselling Penny Green series.