City of Secrets

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A delectable mystery with just the right amount of revenge. In City of Secrets by Victoria Thompson, Elizabeth Miles has returned from a stint in jail for her part where she met socialite Mrs. Bates. Now Mrs. Bates is trying to teach Elizabeth to navigate the world of New York society.

Elizabeth has spent her early days learning from the Old Man (her father) to be a grifter and a con artist. When she meets Gideon Bates, though, she thinks she might enjoy the society life and adapt to Mrs Bates' lessons.

At church on Sunday, Elizabeth is approached by Priscilla Knight, a young woman newly widowed for the second time in a short period. After her first husband DeForrest Jenks died, it was rumored he had left her penniless. She was so lost in grief and before she knew it, her pastor and his wife coerced her into marrying Endicott Knight.

When he dies, it appears that Endicott did indeed leave her penniless and with a mortgaged house. She asks Elizabeth to help her.

With the assistance of her father and her brother, Elizabeth discovers how the money taken and who has it. Getting it back make City of Secrets quite entertaining.