A Regimental Murder - Returning home through a sticky London night in July 1816, Captain Gabriel Lacey is surprised to see a well-dressed, elegant woman strides to the middle of an unfinished bridge.Lacey’s search for the girl leads to the discovery of murder, corruption, and dealings with a leader of the underworld. His interest is piqued when he learns of a missing girl, possibly kidnapped by a prominent member of Parliament. Cavalry Captain Gabriel Lacey returns to Regency London from the Napoleonic wars, burned out, fighting melancholia, his career ended. The Hanover Square Affair - London, 1816.Lacey can’t help himself, he fights for those people so often ignored by others.Įvery book in the Captain Lacey series works as a standalone story, but the lives of the different characters evolve from one novel to the other. Retired on half-pay following the end of his military career, Gabriel Lacey still doesn’t want anyone else to know injustice. He comes home injured and prompt to melancholia.
The protagonist in a series of historical mystery novels by American author Ashley Gardner (also known as Jennifer Ashley), Captain Gabriel Lacey is a former cavalry officer and veteran of the Peninsular War in Regency-era England. Let’s resolve crime in the Regency era in England, in the company of a good man named Gabriel Lacey… Who is Captain Gabriel Lacey? Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.
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