The mystery in this one took a bit to get underway because much of this book was focused on Kiera’s life.

He does expect complete honesty, but she still can’t bring herself to tell him the truth that she discovered over the Christmas holiday about Lord Henry. Gage doesn’t expect her to suddenly turn into the little woman who stays at home. Her sister is bugging her to leave the mystery-solving and her artwork behind now that she is to be a mother and the secret she is keeping from Gage is churning inside her.īut, Kiera has come a long way and is hurt by Alana’s lack of understanding that detective work with Gage and her art are part of who she is and being a mother will add to that and not replace it. Only three weeks before she is due, Kiera doesn’t need the added stress of an unauthorized book about “Bonnie” Brock Kincaid and featuring her and Gage in a bad light taking Edinburgh by storm even as cholera is still raging strong. In fact, it references earlier books and even the most recent novella so readers get a better experience when they have already read the scenes that were being addressed. This is a series I eagerly jump on each new installment for the colorful characters, the riveting plot, and the well-drawn historical backdrops.Ī Wicked Conceit is the ninth in a series that works best read in order.

Between the infamy garnered by the play, the cholera outbreak still wreaking havoc throughout the city, and the impending birth of their child, they will need all the resources they can garner.Įdinburgh is whispering behind their hands about Kiera once again, but this time it because her name is tied to the town’s most infamous criminal, Bonnie Brock Kincaid. Now, the Gages are on a hunt to unmask the killer. When the publisher is found brutally murdered-in an imitation of a gruesome scene-the finger not only points to Bonnie Brock as the possible culprit, but also the Gages, who have been outspoken in their condemnation of the tale. A rash of crimes break out across the city, seemingly inspired by the play and book. While the scoundrel's fury seems genuine, as well as his determined quest to uncover the real identity of the author, the Gages still hold doubts about his innocence. A new book and subsequent play features some of Kincaid's daringly heinous exploits, although he swears he had nothing to do with it or the characters which are obvious representations of Kiera and Gage.

Kiera and Gage have been eagerly awaiting their bundle of joy but trouble has been brewing in the form of the roguish criminal Bonnie Brock Kincaid.

A Wicked Conceit by Anna Lee Huber