Die I Will Not: A Regency Mystery

By S. K. Rizzolo

Unhappy wife and young mother Penelope Wolfe fears scandal for her family and worse. A Tory newspaper editor has been stabbed while writing a reply to the latest round of letters penned by the firebrand Collatinus. Twenty years before, her father, the radical Eustace Sandford, also wrote as Collatinus before he fled London just ahead of accusations of treason and murder—a mysterious beauty closely connected to Sandford and known only as N.D. had been brutally slain. Now the seditious new Collatinus letters that attack the Prince Regent in the press seek to avenge N.D.'s death and unmask her murderer. What did the dead editor know that provoked his death?

Her artist husband Jeremy being no reliable ally, Penelope turns anew to lawyer Edward Buckler and Bow Street Runner John Chase. As she battles public notoriety, Buckler and Chase put their careers at risk to stand behind her and find N.D.'s killer. They pursue various lines of inquiry including a missing memoir, Royal scandal, and the dead editor's secretive, reclusive wife. As they navigate the dark underbelly of 1813 London among a cast driven by dirty politics and dark passions, as well as by decency and a desire for justice, past secrets and present criminals are exposed, upending Penelope's life and the lives of others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Release date: Nov 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781464203251

Reviews for Die I Will Not

[celticlady53 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Die I Will Not is a Regency era mystery. A newspaper editor is murdered and this story, main protagonist, Penelope Wolfe fears that it may very well be her father who was murdered the man because of his works writing as Collatinus. She works once more with lawyer Edward Buckler and John Chase to try to figure out who may be the killer as she wants to clear her father's good name.Penelope is a new mother and sometimes finds her stay at home status to be a bit boring, she loves the excitement that solving this case has for her. She has a husband who feels that she should stay at home, as most men would in this era, but she is determined to find excitement. As they get further into solving this crime, the more dangerous it becomes.This is the third in a series, The Rose in the Wheel and Blood for Blood. I have only read Die I Will Not, I do intend to rectify that and read the other two. This book is full of mystery, intrigue and very descriptive. I always enjoy a mystery and I was not disappointed in this book. I loved the author's style of writing and the fast pace of the novel. I look forward to reading the first two books in the series.