{"product_id":"the-necklace-affair-and-other-stories","title":"The Necklace Affair and Other Stories (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Novellas)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThis anthology brings together three shorter mysteries in the Captain Lacey series: \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Necklace Affair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ehe Gentleman's Walking Stick,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe Necklace Affair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e: \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIn the spring of 1817, I agree to track down the missing necklace of a society matron and prove the innocence of her maid, who has been arrested for the theft. 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