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  • Published: 3 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593440605
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $75.00

City of Betrayal



Elizabeth Bates's latest con just might change the course of history in an all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson.

Elizabeth Bates's latest con just might change the course of history in an all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson.

A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although not nearly as exciting, but she has thrown herself into working to get the 19th Amendment ratified by thirty-six states to become the law of the land. Since every other Southern state has already rejected the amendment, it seems unlikely Tennessee will be an exception . . . but it's their only hope, so the suffragists descend on Tennessee for the final battle.

Elizabeth’s ability to interact with difficult men and to persuasively explain all the advantages of allowing women to vote—all skills she perfected as a grifter—have made her a valuable member of the team. But she would never have expected the lengths to which some would go to keep the vote out of women's hands. She'll need to devise the perfect con or the suffragists' life's work could all be for nothing.

  • Published: 3 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593440605
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $75.00

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Praise for City of Betrayal

Praise for the Counterfeit Lady Mysteries

"A new, compelling, and very different heroine."—New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen

"Combines a cunning protagonist with a simmering romance and gripping suspense to form a story that is certain to beguile readers hook, line, and sinker."—Anna Lee Huber, USA Today bestselling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries

"This is a great read, fast-paced, dialogue-driven, chock-full of action, and with a huge cast of characters, none of whom are who they appear to be."—Historical Novel Reviews

"Victoria pens a very clever and intelligent mystery. Fans of her other series will fall in love with the intricate plot and very unique characters. She is clearly on the short list of great mystery writers of today."Suspense Magazine

“[A] fascinating third Counterfeit Lady Novel....Historical fans will appreciate Thompson’s spot-on depiction of the era.”—Publishers Weekly