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 * Setting: ** 1700 – 1800 England.
 * Plot: **A very close friend of the king's niece goes missing - shot in an empty field near the castle. Knowing that the death is not an accident, but a murder, the king's niece decides to investigate and avenge her friend’s death. She enlists the help of a notorious duke, who at first is reluctant to help, but with her charms and wit she is able to persuade him to help. Delving deeper into the dark corners of London, they unearth a sinister plot to overthrow the king. At first the clues lead them to believe that the lord “chancellor” of the London underworld is behind the plot against the king, but a violent confrontation with him reveals that they were tracking the wrong person.

Meanwhile word gets out that the king’s niece is investigating the death of her friend. The killer becomes cautious, unsure of what the king’s niece knows about the murder or whether she had seen anything when the crime was committed. The criminal lord becomes friends with the king’s niece despite the disapproval of the duke, and joins them in their quest to solve the murder and unmask the group planning to oust the king. They find out that a close acquaintance of the criminal lord may be linked to the group and in spite of their efforts to hide that they are tracking the group; the group discovers that one of their members is a weak link. The killer is then sent to recruit the king’s adviser's grandson, in a desperate attempt to get closer to their trackers (namely the king’s niece). In employing the adviser's grandson the group was able to put the king’s niece and duke off their scent for a while. The adviser's grandson finds out about the groups' plans, when he accidentally overhears the leaders of the group in a heated discussion. As he tries to escape to inform his grandfather, he is found and captured. He is then used as a pawn in a game where not only his life is hanging in the balance, but the future of all of England and her people.

**Who killed the king's nieces' friend? Who is involved in the plot to oust the king off his rightful throne? Through the maze of clues and extracts can you solve the crime and expose the conspirators before they turn England into their playground? ** **NEXT**