Author: Allison Montclair
Published: June 4th 2019 by Minotaur Books
Format: eBook, Hardcover, 336 pages
Genre: Historical Cozy Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Sparks and Bainbridge #1
A brilliant new historical mystery series full of laughs and twists that will keep the reader fully engaged.
Gwendolyn Bainbridge’s husband was killed during WWII sending her into a deep depression and a stay at a sanitarium resulting in her in-laws gaining legal guardianship of her son. Iris Sparks was a spy and “lover without the benefit of clergy” to a married man who has been supporting her. Five months after meeting, and not knowing each other well, decide out of desperation to open “The Right Sort Marriage Bureau”. Three months after opening their door Tillie La Salle, who was recently matched to a local man Richard Trower, was found dead on “a night that was meant for hope”. Gwen and Iris have no choice but to jump into the investigation not only to save their names but to save their business. Each brings something different to the table but when it counts, they both have too much to lose and will go down any dark and dangerous alley to find out who Tillie was since her story, and where she worked, isn’t adding up.
Full of interesting characters, from Detective Sergeant Michael Kinsey who appears to have quite the past with Iris, to gangsters that can get the ladies items that have disappeared during wartime, to characters with multiple names and shady pasts, and my favorite – Salvatore Danielli “Sally”, who is a combination debt collector, office help, writer, and gentle giant.
Gwendolyn Bainbridge’s husband was killed during WWII sending her into a deep depression and a stay at a sanitarium resulting in her in-laws gaining legal guardianship of her son. Iris Sparks was a spy and “lover without the benefit of clergy” to a married man who has been supporting her. Five months after meeting, and not knowing each other well, decide out of desperation to open “The Right Sort Marriage Bureau”. Three months after opening their door Tillie La Salle, who was recently matched to a local man Richard Trower, was found dead on “a night that was meant for hope”. Gwen and Iris have no choice but to jump into the investigation not only to save their names but to save their business. Each brings something different to the table but when it counts, they both have too much to lose and will go down any dark and dangerous alley to find out who Tillie was since her story, and where she worked, isn’t adding up.
Full of interesting characters, from Detective Sergeant Michael Kinsey who appears to have quite the past with Iris, to gangsters that can get the ladies items that have disappeared during wartime, to characters with multiple names and shady pasts, and my favorite – Salvatore Danielli “Sally”, who is a combination debt collector, office help, writer, and gentle giant.
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