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| Lady Killer/Secret Admirer (2 Books in One) | 
| Author: Michele Jaffe
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 836219
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 896
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0345455622
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345455628
ASIN: 0345455622
Publication Date: April 2002
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Product Description
TWO SENSATIONAL NOVELS FOR ONE GREAT PRICE!
Two murderers stalk their prey throughout England—from the glittering ballrooms of London to the loneliest country lanes—and two romances blossom in their dark shadows . . .
LADY KILLER
Three years ago Miles Loredan believed he had killed the bloodthirsty fiend known as the Vampire of London. When a beautiful sleuth named Clio Thornton stumbles upon what can only be the Vampire’s latest victim, Miles is drawn into a terrifying race against the clock. Captivated at once by intelligent, lovely Clio, his first impulse is to protect her. Because every clue points to the Vampire’s next victim: Clio.
SECRET ADMIRER
Lady Tuesday Arlington seeks refuge from the horrible nightmares that invade her sleep by doing what she does best—she paints them. But when her husband is found dead in a setting identical to one she has painted, she becomes the prime suspect. Lawrence Pickering, special investigator to Her Majesty, the Queen, takes over the inquiry and cannot help but fall for the beautiful and talented Tuesday. But a cruelly sinister presence waits to turn their picture-perfect love into a masterpiece of murder.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 I'm In Love Again! June 17, 2008
OK, I'm not going to re-hash the plots of these two novels. Others do a far better job than I could ever do. I happened to find this double novel by chance and oh what a lucky day that was! The two stories are fully fleshed out. The characters are funny, endearing and at times, heart-breaking (in a good way!) Personally, I could care less about the historical accuracy. These are supposed to be mysteries and love stories, for cryin' out loud, let them be!Trust me, you will enjoy these two delightful novels and hey, it's a two-for-one deal. How bad can that be in today's economic climate?!
 Elizabethan?? November 22, 2004
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
While I did enjoy the mystery of these two books, I was simply unable to get a hold of the time period in which they were set. If Jaffe hadn't initially put the time period in 1590, and occasionally mentioned the Spanish War and the fact that Elizabeth was the queen, I would have assumed that this book was set either loosely in the Regency period or in the Victorian period. There were none of the little historical details which place a book in one period over another, and many that jarred.
Interesting and Exhilarating August 9, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have enjoyed Michele Jaffe's writing style in her first two books. By far The Water Nymph is still my favorite book by her, but these two lived up to my expectations of them. They were suspenseful and spinetingling. While spinetingling is not a word that is usually associated with romance Michele Jaffe makes it so by her masterful descriptions of the ofthen bloody crimes that her characters thwart or solve.
A Great Renaissance Romantic Mystery! July 26, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I picked this book up without knowing anything about the author and needless to say I am so glad that I did. These two books are great and I read both books in only a few days - the pages just fly by! I can't wait to read the rest of Jaffe's books. Jaffe transports you into another time and place and gets you hooked on the characters and the mystery as well. I am so pleased to have found a fresh, new, interesting author in Michele Jaffe.
Well-crafted murder plots with sensual romance June 16, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Michele Jaffe's ambitious offering is nothing short of a killer treat for fans who craves paranormal romances with a criminal twist. The two stories set in London in 1500s, Secret Admirer and Lady Killer may be overly sprawling in its plot and numerous twists but the efforts are atmospheric in its surrealistic realm to propel chills and surprises. Secret Admirer tells of Lady Tuesday Airlington who is haunted by dreams of The Lion obsessed with the word W - a murderer who kills her husband and sets out to frame her when Lawrence Pickering, an official to assist the Queen to counter smuggling rings gets caught in the murderer's intricate plot to ultimately destroy him. Lady Killer features a lady sleuth Clio Thornton and her simian partner Toast on the trails of a vampire fiend where innocent females from Devonshire seemed to be the target. Viscount Miles Loredon has supposedly slain off the villain three years ago and when Clio approaches him to solve the mystery together, he finds himself facing his demons yet again. Their blossoming romance is threatened by the prospects of his impending marriage to Clio's cousin and suspected identity of Clio as the vampire itself.... Both romances are sensual and poignant and the murder plots are staged intricately and intelligently - albeit many clues may be too much of a coincidence. Nonetheless, Michele Jaffe has proven her a talent to watch with her crafted crime plots full of shenanigans and delicious red herrings. In the tradition of Gaelen Foley, her narration is clear and focused - and it is double happiness when readers are treated to this hefty but enjoyable read.
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