The Impossible Imposter (Veronica Speedwell Series, Book #7)

The Impossible Imposter (Veronica Speedwell Series, Book #7) by Deanna Raybourn

London 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau, Stoker, are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After years of traveling the world, Euphemia's eldest brother, Jonathan, the heir to Hathaway Hall, was believed to have been killed in the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa a few years before. But now a man matching Jonathan's description and carrying his belongings has arrived at Hathaway Hall without memory of his identity or where he has been.

Could this man indeed be Jonathan, back from the dead? Or is he a devious impostor, determined to gain ownership over the family's most valuable possession -- a legendary parure of priceless Rajasthani jewels.? Veronica and Stoke agree to go to Hathaway Hall to investigate the mysterious amnesiac covertly. Veronica is soon shocked to find herself face-to-face with a ghost from her past. To help Sir Hugo discover the truth, she must open doors to her own history that she long believed to be shut for good.