Description
Margot Baxter Harriman took the reins of B&H Foods after her father passed. It’s not easy being a businesswoman in 1912, but she is determined to continue what her grandparents started decades ago, no matter what it takes.
When Margot finds Mrs. Gilroy, her father’s former assistant, dead in the office with a half-finished note confessing to nebulous misdeeds, she seeks help from a very discreet private investigator to figure out what is going on. Her company and her good name depend on determining the truth; otherwise, she could lose everything, including her freedom.
Loretta “Rett” Mancini has run her father’s investigation operation since he began to grow increasingly forgetful. When Margot offers her the chance to look into the potential scandal with B&H, she jumps at the chance.
But the more the two dig, the more it becomes clear that Margot's company may be too far gone—and her life is at stake.
Cathy Pegau's sharp, captivating historical mystery about two women in turn-of-the-century New York solving murder and fighting the heteropatriarchy. There can be a blurry line between what is ethical and what is legal.