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Book Review of High Rhymes and Misdemeanors (Poetic Death, Bk 1)

High Rhymes and Misdemeanors  (Poetic Death, Bk 1)
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Can a love of dead poets save her from following in their footsteps? While visitng her favorite poets' old haunts in England's Lake District, Grace Hollister, an American schoolteacher and literary scholar, stumbles upon the body of Peter Fox face down in a stream. Thankfully, the dashing local antiques deal is not dead - but after saving his life Grace soon finds herself pursued by two menacing thugs who are after the gewgaws Peter is hiding. Problem is, Peter doesn't have any gewgaws. He doesn't even know what gewgaws are. But he and Grace soon discover they've got something to do with Lord Byron.... and someone's willing to kill for them.