Cut to the quick

"Julian Kestrel is the walking definition of a Regency-era dandy. He cares about little beyond the perfection of his tailoring, he lives for the bon mot, and his life has the specific gravity--and the fleeting charm--of a soap-bubble. At least, that's what he'd like you to think. In fact, it rather suits Kestrel to be perpetually underestimated, particularly when--as in this instance--his weekend at a glamorous country estate is spoiled by a dead girl's body being found in his bed"--P. [4] of cover.