Liberty Lane Series by Caro Peacock

3.56 · 34 ratings
  • A Foreign Affair (Liberty Lane #1)
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    A Foreign Affair (Liberty Lane #1)

    Caro Peacock

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2007

    A remarkable debut novel rich in atmosphere, color, and suspense, Caro Peacock's A Foreign Affair is an irresistible blend of history, adventure, and ingenious invention that brings an extraordinary new writer—and a truly endearing and unforgettable heroine—to the literary stage.The year is 1837. Queen Victoria, barely eighteen, has just ascended to the throne of England, and a young woman named Liberty Lane has just had her first taste of true sorrow... more

  • A Dangerous Affair (Liberty Lane #2)
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    A Dangerous Affair (Liberty Lane #2)

    Caro Peacock

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2008

    In Victoria's England, there are perilous intrigues a proper young lady would do well to avoid…Liberty Lane, still in her early twenties, is doing her best to make a new life for herself in London after being bruised by loss and treachery. But there's no chance for her to settle down as a conventional young lady... more

  • A Corpse in Shining Armour (Liberty Lane #3)
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    A Corpse in Shining Armour (Liberty Lane #3)

    Caro Peacock

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2009

    Duelling, derring-do, and dastardly deeds are all in a day's work for Liberty Lane: the plucky heroine for fans of Georgette Heyer and Sarah Waters's Victorian novels. London. Summer 1839. And the temperature is rising as Liberty Lane takes on her strangest case yet. Deranged aristocrat Lord Brinkburn is nearing death and his elder son, Stephen, is expecting to inherit the title. But Lady Brinkburn's sudden announcement that Stephen is illegitimate throws the family into turmoil... more

  • When the Devil Drives (Liberty Lane #4)
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    When the Devil Drives (Liberty Lane #4)

    Caro Peacock

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2011

    A Liberty Lane mystery - Autumn, 1839.  As the London nights darken, rumours spread about the devil’s chariot, which preys on young women walking alone at night. Novice private investigator Liberty Lane has no time for such horror stories, so when a poetic young man begs her to find his missing fiancée, she accepts, suspecting there is a more prosaic explanation. Meanwhile, she is engaged to help prevent a royal scandal involving Prince Albert’s worldlier brother, Prince Ernest... more

  • Keeping Bad Company (Liberty Lane #5)
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    Keeping Bad Company (Liberty Lane #5)

    Caro Peacock

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2012

    Private investigator Liberty Lane faces the most challenging case of her career in this absorbing mystery - London, 1840. Private investigator Liberty faces a conundrum when her younger brother Tom, an East India Company employee, is unexpectedly summoned to London to give evidence at an official enquiry into the murder of a wealthy merchant’s assistant, found with his throat cut en route to Bombay... more

  • The Path of The Wicked (Liberty Lane #6)
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    The Path of The Wicked (Liberty Lane #6)

    Caro Peacock

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2013

    Private investigator Liberty Lane’s latest case takes her to rural Gloucestershire to uncover the truth of a brutal murder. July, 1840. Did young Jack Picton, a known rebel and political agitator, kill governess Mary Marsh? Liberty Lane has left London for Cheltenham to find out, sharing the magistrate’s doubts. He is, however, hiding something . . . but what? As Liberty is about to discover, behind Cheltenham’s genteel façade lies a hotbed of vice... more

  • Friends in High Places (Liberty Lane #7)
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    Friends in High Places (Liberty Lane #7)

    Caro Peacock

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2015

    Historical mystery featuring female private investigator Liberty Lane September, 1840. Novelist and patron of the arts Lady Blessington has hired Liberty Lane to escort a French gentleman to The Hague. For he has in his possession important papers that will assist in the forthcoming trial of Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the late emperor's nephew who has failed in an attempt to seize power in France... more

  • Fool's Gold (Liberty Lane #8)
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    Fool's Gold (Liberty Lane #8)

    Caro Peacock

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2017

    A series of anonymous letters leads to a case of cold-blooded murder for 19th-century private investigator Liberty Lane. September, 1841. A new arrival has taken London society by storm. Lord Byron’s handsome illegitimate son, George, recently arrived from the exotic island of Cephalonia in the company of his guardian, the mysterious Mr Vickery, has been setting female hearts aflutter. But not all the attention George attracts is welcome... more

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