Bonfire Night
by Deanna Raybourn

Amateur sleuth Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband, Nicholas Brisbane, face their latest adventure in this novella by New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn.

It’s the autumn of 1890, and almost a year has passed since—much to their surprise—Lady Julia and Nicholas became parents. Just as the couple begins to adapt, a solicitor arrives with a strange bequest. Nicholas, it seems, has inherited a country house—but only if he and his family are in residence from All Hallows’ Eve through Bonfire Night.

Neither Lady Julia nor Nicholas is likely to be put off by local legends of ghosts and witches, and the eerie noises and strange lights that flit from room to room simply intrigue them. Until a new lady’s maid disappears, igniting a caper that will have explosive results…

Originally published November 2014 in eBook format.

Other Books by Deanna Raybourn

A Grave Robbery
A Veronica Speedwell Mystery Book 9

Killers of a Certain Age

A Sinister Revenge
Veronica Speedwell Mystery Book 8

An Impossible Impostor
Veronica Speedwell Mystery Book 7

An Unexpected Peril
Veronica Speedwell Mystery Book 6

Night of a Thousand Stars

City of Jasmine

The Dead Travel Fast
Victorian Gothic Historical Romance

A Murderous Relation
Veronica Speedwell Mystery Book 5

A Mysterious Season
Lady Julia Grey Mystery Book 6-9

Lady Julia Grey Volume 2
Lady Julia Grey Mystery Book 4-5

The Dark Enquiry
Lady Julia Grey Mystery Book 5

Dark Road to Darjeeling
Lady Julia Grey Mystery Book 4

A Dangerous Collaboration
Veronica Speedwell Mystery Book 4

Lady Julia Grey Mystery Collection Volume 1
Lady Julia Grey Mystery Book 1-3

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Deanna Raybourn's Bio

New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Deanna Raybourn is a 6^th generation native Texan. She graduated with a double major in English and history from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Married to her college sweetheart and the mother of one, Raybourn makes her home in Virginia. Her novels have been nominated for numerous awards including the Edgar, the Macavity, and the Agatha. She launched a new Victorian mystery series with the 2015 release of A CURIOUS BEGINNING, featuring intrepid butterfly-hunter and amateur sleuth, Veronica Speedwell. Veronica's third adventure, A TREACHEROUS CURSE, was published in 2018 and nominated for the Edgar Award. The eighth book in the series, A SINISTER REVENGE, published in March 2023, with further books to come. Deanna's first contemporary thriller, featuring four female assassins who must band together to take out their nemesis as they prepare for retirement---KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE---published in September of 2022 at #9 on the New York Times bestseller list. KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE won the 2022 Barry Award for Best Thriller.