A Lady in Disguise

by Sandra Byrd Book 3 in the Daughters of Hampshire series.

First published 2017

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In 1883, costume designer Gillian Young begins work at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane while investigating her policeman father’s unexplained death. Railway receipts, a hidden photograph and allegations of corruption lead her beyond the theatre’s respectable spectacle into London districts where official protection is unreliable and vulnerable women can disappear.

Gillian’s growing attachment to Viscount Thomas Lockwood is complicated by evidence that may connect elite men to her father’s secrets. Drawing on the theatre’s arts of costume and transformation, she undertakes a dangerous disguise to identify the guilty parties, while Christian conviction and practical compassion shape her response to exploitation.