title: The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith: Victorian Scotland's Trial of the Century
author:  Douglas MacGowan 
description: <b>Douglas MacGowan</b> is a freelance writer. He has contributed articles to <i>Celtic Heritage</i>, the <i>Scottish Journal</i> and the <i>Scotsman</i>. He lives near San Francisco, where he works as a paralegal.
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  Campbell & MacPherson 2: The Dead Duke
  
  
  ##  Second Novel of the Historical Mystery Series
  
  
  ##  By Clare Jayne
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  ####  Amazon Kindle Edition
  
  
  ####  Copyright 2017 Clare Jayne
  
  
  ####  All rights reserved.
  
  
  ####  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the prior
  permission in writing of the author, except for brief quotations used for
  promotion or in reviews.
  
  
  ####  All names, places, characters and incidents in this book are fictional
  and any resemblance to any person, business, place or event is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  ####  Cover design by Kanaxa.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  ###  Chapter One
  
  
  Edinburgh, October 1788
  
  
  EWAN HAD not expected to be calling on Miss Campbell one day after she turned
  down his proposal of marriage. She and Lady Huntly were in the drawing room
  when he was announced and Miss Campbell looked very much as if this was not
  what she had anticipated either. A blush stained her cheeks as she put asid