01999cam a2200493 i 4500 1338868864 TxAuBib 20240620120000.0 151216t20162015||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780451476029 paperback 0451476026 paperback (OCoLC)932386097 TxAuBib rda Raybourn, Deanna, Author. A curious beginning : : Veronica Speedwell #1 / Deanna Raybourn. Berkely trade paperback edition. New York : Berkley, 2016. ©2015. 356 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Veronica Speedwell ; 1 London, 1887. Veronica Speedwell intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime. But fate has other plans. When Veronica thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron, he offers her sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker - a reclusive and bad-tempered natural historian. When the Baron is murdered, Veronica and Stoker are forced to go on the run from an elusive assailant, wary partners in search of the villainous truth. 20240620. 1800-1899. ORPHANS FICTION. Young women Fiction. Kidnapping Fiction. Rescues Fiction. Rescues. Young women. fast Social conditions. fast Orphans. fast Kidnapping. fast Mystery Fiction. London (England) Social conditions 19th century Fiction. London (England) Fiction. England fast London. Historical fiction. fast Fiction. fast Detective and mystery fiction. fast Veronica Speedwell ; 1.