A Discreet Gentleman of Mystery

Christiania, Norway ~ 1721Brander and Regin return to Kildahlhus in Hamar intending to restore Regin's ancient family estate ~ now Brander's estate ~ to its former glory. As part of making the estate his own, Brander starts by tearing out a wall and quickly makes a grisly discovery: a man's body stuffed in a trunk which has been hidden there for three years.Reeling from the revelation that her dead husband was a murderer, Regin and Brander try to discern who the victim was. They discover a path of doomed affections, an unexplained disappearance, a false identity, a family secret ~ and a staggering connection that none of them ever expected.