Tamara Siler Jones

The Lord Apparent's Razor Tamara Siler Jones

Haunted by the ghosts of mutilated servant girls, desperate Castellan Dubric risked his staff to catch their killer. His bold move failed, and page Lars Hargrove nearly died. But Lars saw a scratch on Dubric's prime suspect, Lord Risley Romlin who is grandson of the king and Faldorrah's lord. Risley has motive, opportunity, a collapsible razor similar to the killer's, and an ever-increasing obsession with linen maid Nella. Each morning brings another dead servant girl in the snow, each girl missing her kidneys and hair, each razor-slashed more viciously than the victim before. Residents of the castle grow angrier every day and demand Risley's arrest, but Dubric has to be certain of Risley's guilt before risking war. At least until Dubric's own guards are killed beside the women they failed to protect