Arthur Malcolm knows one thing to be true: wealth, notoriety, and success are the sure path to happiness. Determined to escape his past hardships, he rises through the ranks of society. This new prosperity lands him at the feet of heiress Sophia Kingsley, a woman who personifies his idea of perfection. As Arthur is absorbed deeper into her world, however, he finds himself struggling to cling to it. Set in the 1920's against a backdrop of free-flowing whiskey and seemingly limitless success, The Malady of Elegance is the first book in a trilogy that follows Arthur Malcolm as he navigates the dilemmas of love, loss, friendship, and what it truly means to find happiness.