In this chilling chapter of Wedding Bones, Baine takes us deep into the darkened chamber where his midnight autopsy of the Viscount begins. The once formidable lord, now a cold, lifeless figure, reveals the brutal injuries of his final grisly moments. As the layers are peeled back, secrets of the Viscount's violent past surface. Could the delicate Viscountess, with her fragile beauty, truly have murdered this man? Or had some other enemy evened some unknown score?

In this gripping episode of our Regency mystery romance podcast, Aria, the newly widowed Viscountess, finds herself isolated in her late husband's grand ancestral home. Suspicion looms heavily over her as the household staff believes she is responsible for her husband's untimely demise. To complicate matters further, a stern and methodical surgeon, appointed by the Magistrate, arrives to conduct a thorough investigation into the death. As the investigation drags on, Aria’s chances of facing the gallows increase. How was she to know her husband's death would gift her a substantial inheritance?

In Chapter Four of Wedding Bones, Baine's disdain for English aristocrats is only matched by his irritation at being entangled in yet another of the Earl's murder investigations. Determined to play his part, Baine must extract crucial information from the Viscount’s butler, his surgeon, and the household staff who witnessed the murder and its aftermath. There is something deeply unsettling about the manor, with everyone hiding secrets. Despite his reservations, Baine can't help but feel pity for the nineteen-year-old Viscountess, who is at the center of the deadly drama and whom everyone is eager to see hang for murder. Tune in as Baine delves deeper into the mysteries of the manor, uncovering truths that could alter the course of justice.