City of scoundrels, Victoria Thompson
Type
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City of scoundrels, Victoria Thompson
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
City of scoundrels
Medium
text large print
Oclc number
1128194676
Responsibility statement
Victoria Thompson
Series statement
A counterfeit lady novel, [3]
Summary
"Elizabeth Miles finds herself in a position no con can help her escape. Her beloved fianceĢ, Gideon Bates, is awaiting his turn in the draft to fight in the Great War. Elizabeth is finding it hard to think of anything else, but Gideon has thrown himself into his work, preparing wills for soldiers before they ship out. Corporal Tom Preston is part owner of Preston Shoes, a company that is making footwear for the army, so he has a rather large estate. He needs a new will, however, because he has just been secretly married to a woman whom his family would never approve. He wants to make sure she and their unborn child are provided for if he does not return. When Tom is later reported killed, Elizabeth and Gideon learn that the new will has gone missing after Tom's bride revealed her identity to his family. Unless the new will is found and validated, the original will, which leaves everything to Tom's brother, will prevail and the wife and child will get nothing. If Tom's new bride survives, that is. Some terrible threats have been leveled against her, and Elizabeth and Gideon must figure out a way, legal or not quite, to secure Tom's fortune for his wife and child while saving her life in the process"--Provided by publisher
Target audience
adult
Classification
Genre
Subject
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
- Widows -- Fiction
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Fiction
- Wills -- Fiction
- Large print books
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Romantic suspense fiction
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- Detective and mystery fiction
- Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
- Widows -- Fiction
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Fiction
- Wills -- Fiction
- Large print books
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Romantic suspense fiction
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