Well this was an exciting read!

The Secret of the Lady's Maid (Useful Woman Mystery #2) by Darcie Wilde  

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Adam Harkness, of Bow Street, is watching a group of men meeting at Cato Street, London who are purported to be hatching a plot to murder the Privy Council when the members dine together.

Rosalind Thorne is out with her friend Alice and maid Amelia when they rescue a young woman who’s fainted in the midst of the market, although another woman was very insistent on helping too. Amelia recognizes the young woman.

Adam turns up and helps Rosalind take the young woman safely home.

(Rosalind helps women of the ton who find themselves in all sorts of difficulties.

A conundrum!)

Rosalind finds herself with a possibly poisoned patient on her hands. Adam has a case that’s leaning towards high treason.

Somehow both events are linked. 

The denouement is both shocking and dangerous.

One of the upshots is that Rosalind and Adam find themselves looking into a new future.

A Kensington Books ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.