Book #4

Start with Lady Osbaldestones Christmas Goose. At Hartington Manor in the village of Little Moseley, Therese, Lady Osbaldestone, is once again enjoying the company of her grandchildren, Jamie, George, and Lottie, when they are unexpectedly joined by her ladyship's youngest, still-unwed son, also the children's favorite uncle, Christopher. As the Foreign Office's master intelligencer, Christopher has been ordered into hiding until the department can appropriately deal with the French agent following him in London. Christopher chose to seek refuge in Little Moseley because anyone without a reason to be there stands out. Neither he nor his bodyguard expect to encounter any dramas. Then Christopher spots a lady from London he believes has been hunting him with matrimonial intent. He can't understand how she tracked him to the village, but determined to avoid her, he enlists the children's help. The children discover their information-gathering skills are in high demand, they do their best to learn what Miss Marion Sewell is up to. Christopher starts to wonder if what she wants to tell him is actually something he might want to hear.