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Miss Tonks Turns to Crime

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by M. C. Beaton
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From the New York Times–bestselling author: When a hotel designed to keep destitute nobility afloat burns down, a spinster commits a daring heist.
 
The Poor Relation is a London hotel owned and run by high society’s down and out. When it burns to the ground, the genteel paupers who work there hatch a plan to save their golden goose. Enter Lady Tonks, a spinster about to shed her meek and mousy image by posing as a highwayman to rob her wealthy sister’s coach. But when Miss Tonks mistakenly stops the carriage of the dashing Lord Eston, she not only gains an accomplice to her crime, but an irresistible suitor for her debutante niece. That is, if the bumbling Miss Tonks actually succeeds in saving her and her friends from ruin. As it turns out, Miss Tonks has more than a few tricks up her sleeve . . .
 
“Combines zany characters with lighthearted romance and a well-developed scenario to produce an engaging Regency.” —Library Journal

  • Creators

  • Series

    Poor Relation

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 28, 2014

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9780795315312

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      • ISBN: 9780795315312
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  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 1993
      Meek and mousy Miss Tonks bravely sets out to steal from her wealthy but overbearing sister to get the needed funds to resurrect the hotel she runs with her compatriots. Though they despair of her ability to do so, Miss Tonks returns not only with the goods but with her niece Cassandra as well. Cassandra is fleeing her domineering mother's attempts to marry her to Lord Eston and sees her aunt's single, independent lifestyle as attractive. This second volume of Chesney's latest series, "The Poor Relation," combines zany characters with light-hearted romance and a well-developed scenario to produce an engaging Regency, despite the silly title. Followers of Chesney and Regency readers will enjoy.-- Leslie A. Bleil, Western Michigan Univ. Lib., Kalamazoo

      Copyright 1993 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      March 1, 1993
      Miss Tonks is a poor relation, a well-born Regency spinster who must live gratefully off the donations of her married sister, even though their parents' estate should have been equally divided. Miss Tonks has banded with others of her ilk to set up a London hotel called the Poor Relations. Originally intended as an embarrassment (to force funds out of miserly relations), the hotel has become a thriving establishment. But with a recent fire and the low income of the off-season, money is scarce. So, it is Miss Tonks' turn to raise funds. She decides to play highwayman/woman and hold up her sister's coach in order to snatch some diamonds. The result is a tumultuous affair that draws in her niece and the handsome nobleman who happens to live next door. Naturally, as in all of Chesney's fiction, romance is the final result, but only after plenty of neatly contrived disasters. ((Reviewed Mar. 1, 1993))(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 1993, American Library Association.)

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