A noted English author focuses on Lord Lucky Lucan, last seen in 1974. His real name was Richard John Bingham, the seventh earl of Lucan and a descendant of Unlucky Lord Lucan, who led the ill-fated charge of the Light Brigade. Known as Lucky for his extensive gambling, he becomes the target of a manhunt in 120 nations after his children's nanny is found dead and his wife left for dead in his posh London home. When Lucan meets Beate Pappenheim, a female embezzler with a new identity as a celebrated psychiatrist, an artful murderer hooks up with a master con-woman. Who will emerge victorious? 171 pgs, hardcover, 2001