Second in the cute "Lady of Letters" mystery series set in Victorian London, MURDER IN MASQUERADE by Mary Winters features bold, funny Agony Aunt letters and a diverting romance with a devastatingly handsome Marquis. The witty dialogue is half the entertainment. The main character, Amelia, challenges Victorian conventions about women just enough to not strain credibility (and makes the reader cheer, and imagine Amelia's fictional progressive newspaper readership cheer as well). After all, Amelia is anonymous and sometimes she does get angry letters.

Recommended for fun light reading if you love Georgette Heyer or the earlier work of M. C. Beaton (writing as Marian Chesney).