{"product_id":"cocktails-chloroform-schemes-scandals-novella-duo-paperback","title":"Cocktails \u0026 Chloroform \/ Schemes \u0026 Scandals novella duo - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKelley Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContains Two \"A Rip Through Time\" Novellas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCocktails \u0026amp; Chloroform\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor modern-day detective Mallory Atkinson, being trapped in the body of a Victorian housemaid means overcoming endless obstacles. Her current challenge is winning over the suspicious young parlormaid, Alice. Mallory's plan starts with teaching the girl to make Molotov cocktails, which is a perfectly valid science experiment and not at all a desperate ploy to gain Alice's attention. Before the lesson can begin, though, Alice receives a letter that has her slipping off in the night. Concerned for her safety-and naturally curious-Mallory follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMallory finds Alice at what seems like a simple dance hall, watching young men and women flirting and whirling in pretty dresses and dapper suit-coats. But nothing here is what it seems, and what starts as a simple surveillance exercise turns into a full-scale spy mission with Mallory's boss, Dr. Duncan Gray, at her side. Before the evening is done, those Molotov cocktails are probably going to come in handy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSet between \"A Poisoner's Ring\" and \"Disturbing the Dead\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchemes \u0026amp; Scandals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's Mallory Atkinson's first Christmas in Scotland. Victorian Scotland, that is. Also, as the twenty-first-century detective learns, Christmas really isn't a thing in Victorian Scotland. It's all about Hogmanay. But her boss, Dr. Duncan Gray, treats her to an early gift of tickets to the event of the season: a Charles Dickens reading. There, they bump into Lady Inglis-the lovely widow who has sent Gray sexy letters trying to entice him back to her bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLady Inglis introduces Mallory to Dickens-the meeting of a lifetime-but in return she wants their help. She's being blackmailed. Someone stole letters she wrote to another lover and is threatening to publish them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMallory isn't sure what to make of Lady Inglis, but no woman deserves that, so she insists on taking the case with or without Gray's help. Growing tension between them soon tells Mallory that Gray is hiding a secret of his own. She has until Hogmanay to uncover the blackmailer...and, hopefully, to put things right with Gray so they can enjoy the holiday together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSet between \"Disturbing the Dead\" and \"Death at a Highland Wedding\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53025298121011,"sku":"9781989046968","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/qT3Em1dAEP9781989046968.webp?v=1770231931","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/cocktails-chloroform-schemes-scandals-novella-duo-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}