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As social whispers and music-laced intrigue gather momentum, a body appears in the garden, and the investigation widens through family connections, secret shame, and conflicting theories. Layered with humour and sharp society observation, the narrative follows mounting clues toward an eventual confrontation.","A BLIGHTER IS BUMPED OFF  \nA VICTORIAN WHODUNNIT WITH A HINT OF HUMOUR  \nTHE DUCHESS OF STORTFORD MYSTERIES  \nHELEN GOLDEN  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nBooks By Helen Golden  \nBooks by Helen Golden  \nNote from the Author  \n1. Afternoon, Saturday 7 May 1892  \n2. Two weeks earlier     \n3. 221B Baker Street     \n4. Unwanted attention     \n5. Gossip over tea…  \n6. A night of music and revelations…  \n7. Back to the present, moments after the failed proposal…  \n8. Perhaps not so temporarily after all…  \n9. A body in the garden…  \n10. No appetite for breakfast…  \n11. A sneak peek of the crime scene…  \n12. An impertinent assumption…  \n13. Aunt Cora’s warning…  \n14. A bit more digging…  \n15. The next day. Society whispers loudly…  \n16. Baxter calls     \n17. A duchess calls     \n18. Inappropriate breakfast talk…  \n19. Maud’s cousin’s intelligence…  \n20. An evening of music and intrigue…  \n21. Ben Beaumont suggests murderous intent…  \n22. Ben Beaumont supports his theory…  \n23. Baxter also has a theory…  \n24. Gus is considered     \n25. The duchess comes clean     \n26. The bloody stone…  \n27. Baxter—the sacrificial lamb     \n28. Celestine Vale’s shameful secret     \n29. Irregular movements…  \n30. Gilbert Hatch and the housemaid     \n31. A most intriguing evening…  \n32. Miles’ methods revealed     \n33. Gus confesses     \n34. Gus reveals hidden depths…  \n35. The mysterious Mercher…  \n36. Maud’s cousins are everywhere…  \n37. A difficult letter to compose…  \n38. Return to Baker Street     \n39. The confrontation     \n40. Contemplating…  \n41. AQuiet Conclusion     \n42. Gus calls     \n43. A question of choice…  \n44. As the Season draws to an end     \nCharacters In Order Of Appearance  \nA Big ThankYou To…  \nAlso by Helen Golden  \nAlso by Helen Golden  \nAlso by Helen Golden  \nAlso by Helen Golden  \nARRCI ebooks for DOS Page 1  \nARRCI ebooks for DOS Page 2  \nARRCI ebooks for DOS Page 3  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nBOOKS BY HELEN GOLDEN  \nThe Duchess of Stortford Mysteries  \nAn Heir is Misplaced (Novella) A Husband is Hushed Up A Dowager is Done In A Blighter is Bumped Off A Christmas Chap is Caught Out (Novella)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nBOOKS BY HELEN GOLDEN  \nA Right Royal Cozy Investigation Series  \nA Toast To Trouble (Novella) Tick, Tock, Mystery Clock (Novelette) Spruced Up For Murder For Richer, For Deader Not Mushroom For Death  \nAn Early Death (Prequel) Deadly New Year (Novelette) A Dead Herring I Spy With My Little Die A Cocktail To Die For Dying To Bake A Death of Fresh Air I Kill Always Love You Murder Most Wilde Nobbled at Christmas (Novella) Lift and Let Die  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, or she has used them fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.  \nCopyright © 2026 by Helen Golden.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording or any information storage or retrieval system or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review.  \nThe moral right of the author has been asserted.  \nISBN (E) 978-1-918308-08-2  \nEdited by Marina Grout at Writing Evolution Published by Drew Bradley Press  \nCover design by Helen Drew-Bradley  \nFirst edition June 2026  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nNOTE FROM THE AUTHOR  \nI am a British author and this book has been written using British English. So if you are from somewhere other than the UK, you may find some words spelt differently to how you would spell them. Inmost cases this is British English, not a spelling mistake. We also have different punctuation rules in the UK. 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