Poison at the Blackthorn Ball: Murder, Money, and a Deadly Charity Secret

About Poison at the Blackthorn Ball: Murder, Money, and a Deadly Charity Secret

At Bramble Cross’s glittering Blackthorn Ball, Clementine “Clemmie” Hart is meant to be managing charity auction lots for Hart & Home, not walking straight into another murder. But when a wealthy donor collapses dead just moments after winning the evening’s most coveted portrait, Clemmie sees something that changes everything: the victim was carrying a file marked with her late mother’s name. Now the scandal is personal.

If Viv Hart was tied to whatever the dead woman was investigating, Clemmie risks more than another public disaster. Hart & Home is still fighting to recover its reputation, and one more society nightmare could finish the business for good. Worse, the deeper Clemmie digs into the Blackthorn Foundation, the more she finds hidden behind its polished charity image: false stories, missing records, desperate donors, and powerful people with far too much to lose.

The suspect list is as glittering as the guest list. Trustees guarding their status. Family members chasing money.

Parents furious over vanished opportunities. And a celebrated success story who may never have existed on paper at all. Because at the Blackthorn Ball, the portrait is not the only thing with something hidden behind it.