The Westminster Intrigue by Tracy Grant

The Westminster Intrigue by Tracy Grant

Autumn 1820. From Mayfair to Covent Garden to Seven Dials, London is in an uproar over George IV's (the former prince regent) attempts to divorce his wife Queen Caroline. And nowhere is the crisis more intense than in Westminster where the royal divorce is playing out in the House of Lords.

In this tense atmosphere, former spies Malcolm and M lanie Rannoch go on an undercover mission in a brothel that leads to a brawl--and the murder of the man they were tracking. The victim, Captain James Blayney, was selling the memoirs of a notorious courtesan, whose lovers may include Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, and key noblemen involved in the royal divorce trial. The missing memoirs may also hold crucial information about the Elsinore League, the powerful organization the Rannochs have been battling for years.

As revelations mount, Malcolm and M lanie uncover the secrets of some of the most powerful people in Europe. The future of the British monarchy hangs in the balance. But as the Rannochs unravel the clues in the memoirs, they realize that the consequences for the royal family may be nothing compared to the consequences for their own...



Teresa Grant earned the Firestone Prize for Excellence in Research for her honors thesis on evolving notions of honor in late fifteenth-century England while studying British history at Stanford University. She is a board member of the Merola Opera Program, a professional training program for opera singers, coaches, and stage directors in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is presently working on her second book, which will follow Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch's experiences.