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Mystery · 2022 · PG-13

An Impossible Impostor

by Deanna Raybourn

A man presumed dead in the Krakatoa eruption returns to claim a fortune — and Veronica knew him.

While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell gets the surprise of her life in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn. London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau Stoker are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After years of traveling the world, her eldest brother, Jonathan, heir to Hathaway Hall, was believed to have been killed in the catastrophic eruption of Kr

For14+GenreMysteryLength352 pagesRead time~8 hours

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Violence

Some

A volcanic-disaster backstory and a criminal conspiracy; the reviewer consulted flags no graphic violence in this installment

Language

Barely any

Consistently mannered; no profanity noted

Sexual Content

Some

Veronica's past includes a relationship she has kept from Stoker, and the fallout is emotional rather than explicit

Substance Use

Barely any

Country-house drinking

Emotional Intensity

A lot

The review sourced here says the book's real content is relational damage — Veronica confronting uncomfortable feelings from her youth, a rupture with Stoker that hurt to read, and a cliffhanger ending

What this book is about

Veronica and Stoker are sent to Hathaway Hall to test whether the man calling himself Jonathan Hathaway is genuine or a confidence trickster after an inheritance. The case widens into a stolen diamond, a network of swindlers, and Indian independence politics — and forces Veronica to disclose something about her own youth.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Relationship rupture and cliffhanger ending

Reader content-warning lists for this title were sparse; scored from a named full review

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