At long last it is Lord and Lady Strangs wedding day. Yet no sooner do Richardand Rose leave their wedding breakfast than two shots ring out forcing a hastychan... » 

At long last it is Lord and Lady Strangs wedding day. Yet no sooner do Richardand Rose leave their wedding breakfast than two shots ring out forcing a hastychange in honeymoon plans. Instead of traveling together by yacht Richard goeson ahead making sure the road to Venice is safe for his beloved. Rose is by nomeans alone however. Along her journey by packet coach even mule shebefriends young couple the Ravens who have a strange confession to make. Theyare traveling incognitoand are really the newlywed Lord and Lady Strang Oncereunited in Venice Richard and Rose heat up the sheets making Richardconsider the delightful possibility of keeping his wife in bed for the rest oftheir stay. Except Venice is as full of knaves as London and one of them isstill trying to find them with a bullet. The Ravens could hold the key to theassassination attempts. Or perhaps they are playing a deadly game of their own «