This is the second book in the Veronica Speedwell mysteries, set in Victorian England.  Veronica, our heroine, is a spunky adventurist and lepidopterist who met up with Revelstoke Templeton (aka Stoker) in the first book.  Stoker comes from a noble family, but has been estranged from them for several years due to reasons he has kept to himself.  He’s also an adventurer who spent time in the Royal Navy, and now does taxidermy in his free time.  He and Veronica formed a strong bond solving […]