She married her college sweetheart and after the birth of their fist child she left teaching to become a mom and full-time writer. Deanna Raybourn is the author of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Lady Julia Grey series. Many secrets are swirling around Veronica and the royal family-and it's up to Veronica and Stoker to find the truth, before it's too late for all of them. At the age of 23 she wrote her first novel.

Veronica and Stoker reluctantly agree to go undercover at Madame Aurore's high class brothel, where another body soon turns up. Worse yet, London is gripped by hysteria in the autumn of 1888, terrorized by what would become the most notorious and elusive serial killer in history, Jack the Ripper-and Lady Wellie suspects the prince may be responsible. Lady Wellie would like Veronica and Stoker to retrieve the jewel from the club before scandal can break. Prince Albert Victor is a regular visitor to the most exclusive private club in London, known as the Club de l'Etoile, and the proprietess, Madame Aurore, has received an expensive gift that can be traced back to the prince. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to help with a potential scandal so explosive it threatens to rock the monarchy. A Murderous Relation: A Veronica Speedwell Mystery by Deanna Raybourn A royal scandal’s connection to a brutal serial killer threatens London in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Awardnominated author Deanna Raybourn.

A murderous relation by deanna raybourn